State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In New Mexico, $147,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 13.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.8%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+2.5%
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 Mexico
Pharmacists
- Median
- $147,000
- p25
- $132,560
- p75
- $163,540
- p10
- $103,500
- p90
- $174,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.