State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Illinois, $139,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.3%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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
Illinois
Pharmacists
- Median
- $139,080
- p25
- $126,270
- p75
- $162,280
- p10
- $98,970
- p90
- $169,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.