State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Texas
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Texas, $138,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
+21%
Alaska vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
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
Texas
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,260
- p25
- $128,170
- p75
- $160,080
- p10
- $95,950
- p90
- $170,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.