State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Vermont
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Vermont, $136,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 22.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.8%
Alaska vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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
Vermont
Pharmacists
- Median
- $136,270
- p25
- $128,340
- p75
- $162,110
- p10
- $117,860
- p90
- $164,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.