State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Connecticut
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Connecticut, $141,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
Alaska vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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
Connecticut
Pharmacists
- Median
- $141,290
- p25
- $130,280
- p75
- $157,600
- p10
- $106,660
- p90
- $165,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +22%
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.