State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Georgia
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Georgia, $137,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
+20%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
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%
Georgia
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,120
- p25
- $126,520
- p75
- $158,880
- p10
- $100,950
- p90
- $170,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.