State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Pharmacists in Alaska earn a median of $167,310. In Virginia, $144,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 16.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.1%
Alaska vs Virginia
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
Virginia
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,060
- p25
- $128,230
- p75
- $161,600
- p10
- $106,800
- p90
- $173,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.