State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Kansas
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Kansas, $137,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.8% — not 19.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.5%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
-2.8%
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%
Kansas
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,800
- p25
- $126,670
- p75
- $159,380
- p10
- $78,770
- p90
- $169,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.