State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Maine
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Maine, $140,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.7%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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
Maine
Pharmacists
- Median
- $140,930
- p25
- $130,870
- p75
- $157,600
- p10
- $101,360
- p90
- $166,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.