State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Pennsylvania, $138,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.1%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,160
- p25
- $129,990
- p75
- $156,970
- p10
- $112,750
- p90
- $163,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.