State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Arkansas vs California
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Arkansas, $136,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+5.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Pharmacists
- Median
- $136,060
- p25
- $130,260
- p75
- $154,540
- p10
- $105,560
- p90
- $164,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
California
Pharmacists
- Median
- $164,610
- p25
- $138,360
- p75
- $197,860
- p10
- $90,560
- p90
- $213,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.