State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Minnesota, $159,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.7%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.9%
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
Minnesota
Pharmacists
- Median
- $159,740
- p25
- $135,520
- p75
- $169,140
- p10
- $98,150
- p90
- $174,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.