State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Utah
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Utah, $144,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
+16%
Alaska vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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
Utah
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,240
- p25
- $130,940
- p75
- $163,560
- p10
- $70,260
- p90
- $172,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.