State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Ohio
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Ohio, $137,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
Alaska vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+10.7%
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
Ohio
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,020
- p25
- $127,700
- p75
- $156,190
- p10
- $65,470
- p90
- $165,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.