State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Idaho, $144,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.5%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+7.7%
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
Idaho
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,900
- p25
- $131,830
- p75
- $160,240
- p10
- $102,180
- p90
- $164,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.