State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Kansas, $137,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+6.8%
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
Kansas
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,800
- p25
- $126,670
- p75
- $159,380
- p10
- $78,770
- p90
- $169,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.