State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Colorado, $156,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 7.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.2%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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
Colorado
Pharmacists
- Median
- $156,030
- p25
- $136,750
- p75
- $169,120
- p10
- $120,410
- p90
- $188,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.