State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In South Carolina, $135,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+12.8%
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
South Carolina
Pharmacists
- Median
- $135,700
- p25
- $126,790
- p75
- $158,210
- p10
- $82,430
- p90
- $170,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.