State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Arkansas vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Arkansas, $136,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
Arkansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
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
Oregon
Pharmacists
- Median
- $165,960
- p25
- $144,020
- p75
- $182,040
- p10
- $126,040
- p90
- $193,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.