State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs New Hampshire
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In New Hampshire, $143,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 15.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.1%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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%
New Hampshire
Pharmacists
- Median
- $143,020
- p25
- $133,190
- p75
- $160,190
- p10
- $98,870
- p90
- $170,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.