State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs South Dakota
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In South Dakota, $146,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
+14%
Alaska vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
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
South Dakota
Pharmacists
- Median
- $146,790
- p25
- $131,950
- p75
- $155,260
- p10
- $112,200
- p90
- $166,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.