State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Montana
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Montana, $142,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 17.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.8%
Alaska vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+8.8%
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
Montana
Pharmacists
- Median
- $142,080
- p25
- $130,000
- p75
- $158,850
- p10
- $98,660
- p90
- $165,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.