State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Missouri
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Missouri, $137,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.6%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
-1.9%
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%
Missouri
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,610
- p25
- $127,920
- p75
- $158,120
- p10
- $107,530
- p90
- $166,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.