State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Maryland, $138,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.4%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+23.4%
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
Maryland
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,990
- p25
- $130,610
- p75
- $158,150
- p10
- $115,860
- p90
- $169,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- 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.