State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Tennessee, $133,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.4%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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
Tennessee
Pharmacists
- Median
- $133,390
- p25
- $123,820
- p75
- $153,380
- p10
- $88,700
- p90
- $164,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.