State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Florida
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Florida, $135,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
Alaska vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+24.3%
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
Florida
Pharmacists
- Median
- $135,970
- p25
- $125,370
- p75
- $154,470
- p10
- $56,000
- p90
- $166,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.