State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Kentucky
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Kentucky, $136,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.6%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
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%
Kentucky
Pharmacists
- Median
- $136,530
- p25
- $128,970
- p75
- $158,280
- p10
- $84,280
- p90
- $168,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.