State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Michigan
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Michigan, $137,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 19.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.4%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+3.8%
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%
Michigan
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,860
- p25
- $127,940
- p75
- $157,610
- p10
- $101,740
- p90
- $168,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.