State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Louisiana, $132,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+8.8%
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
Louisiana
Pharmacists
- Median
- $132,410
- p25
- $124,630
- p75
- $145,670
- p10
- $100,920
- p90
- $156,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.