State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs New Jersey
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In New Jersey, $137,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.6%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+17.6%
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 Jersey
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,620
- p25
- $131,340
- p75
- $161,240
- p10
- $112,560
- p90
- $172,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.