State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Arizona, $146,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 13.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.9%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Pharmacists
- Median
- $167,310
- p25
- $158,000
- p75
- $173,600
- p10
- $133,830
- p90
- $196,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Arizona
Pharmacists
- Median
- $146,930
- p25
- $133,600
- p75
- $161,970
- p10
- $103,490
- p90
- $171,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -90%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.