State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Nebraska
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Nebraska, $139,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.1%
California vs Nebraska
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%
Nebraska
Pharmacists
- Median
- $139,330
- p25
- $126,460
- p75
- $159,480
- p10
- $84,990
- p90
- $170,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.