State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Indiana
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Indiana, $144,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.6% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
+16%
Alaska vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+5.6%
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
Indiana
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,290
- p25
- $129,580
- p75
- $159,930
- p10
- $107,050
- p90
- $169,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.