State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Minnesota
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Minnesota, $159,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 3%.
Nominal pay gap
+3%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
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%
Minnesota
Pharmacists
- Median
- $159,740
- p25
- $135,520
- p75
- $169,140
- p10
- $98,150
- p90
- $174,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.