State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Rhode Island
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Rhode Island, $128,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
Alaska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
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
Rhode Island
Pharmacists
- Median
- $128,180
- p25
- $115,250
- p75
- $133,700
- p10
- $86,650
- p90
- $161,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.