State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Massachusetts
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Massachusetts, $138,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.1%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+13.9%
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%
Massachusetts
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,170
- p25
- $133,460
- p75
- $155,490
- p10
- $113,710
- p90
- $164,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.