State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Iowa, $138,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
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
Iowa
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,860
- p25
- $127,840
- p75
- $157,880
- p10
- $117,450
- p90
- $164,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.