State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Idaho
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Idaho, $144,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2% — not 13.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.6%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
-2%
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%
Idaho
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,900
- p25
- $131,830
- p75
- $160,240
- p10
- $102,180
- p90
- $164,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.