State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Mississippi
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Mississippi, $133,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.6%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
-2.9%
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%
Mississippi
Pharmacists
- Median
- $133,230
- p25
- $127,080
- p75
- $147,820
- p10
- $97,260
- p90
- $158,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.