State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Missouri, $137,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+7.8%
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
Missouri
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,610
- p25
- $127,920
- p75
- $158,120
- p10
- $107,530
- p90
- $166,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.