State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In New Jersey, $137,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.2% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+29.2%
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
New Jersey
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,620
- p25
- $131,340
- p75
- $161,240
- p10
- $112,560
- p90
- $172,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.