State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Maine
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Maine, $140,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.8%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+2.5%
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%
Maine
Pharmacists
- Median
- $140,930
- p25
- $130,870
- p75
- $157,600
- p10
- $101,360
- p90
- $166,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.