State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Indiana
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Indiana, $144,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 14.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.1%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
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%
Indiana
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,290
- p25
- $129,580
- p75
- $159,930
- p10
- $107,050
- p90
- $169,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.