State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Michigan, $137,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+14%
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
Michigan
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,860
- p25
- $127,940
- p75
- $157,610
- p10
- $101,740
- p90
- $168,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.