State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Nevada
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Nevada, $140,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.6%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+6.2%
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%
Nevada
Pharmacists
- Median
- $140,030
- p25
- $127,820
- p75
- $158,970
- p10
- $104,000
- p90
- $168,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- 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.