State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Mississippi, $133,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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
Mississippi
Pharmacists
- Median
- $133,230
- p25
- $127,080
- p75
- $147,820
- p10
- $97,260
- p90
- $158,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.