State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In North Carolina, $138,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11%
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
North Carolina
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,860
- p25
- $128,660
- p75
- $159,010
- p10
- $101,670
- p90
- $169,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.