State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Kentucky, $136,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+7.9%
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
Kentucky
Pharmacists
- Median
- $136,530
- p25
- $128,970
- p75
- $158,280
- p10
- $84,280
- p90
- $168,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.