State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Iowa
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Iowa, $138,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.5%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
-6%
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%
Iowa
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,860
- p25
- $127,840
- p75
- $157,880
- p10
- $117,450
- p90
- $164,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.