State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Arkansas, $136,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
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
Arkansas
Pharmacists
- Median
- $136,060
- p25
- $130,260
- p75
- $154,540
- p10
- $105,560
- p90
- $164,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.