State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Colorado
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Colorado, $156,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.7% — not 5.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.5%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-1.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Pharmacists
- Median
- $156,030
- p25
- $136,750
- p75
- $169,120
- p10
- $120,410
- p90
- $188,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.