State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs North Carolina
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In North Carolina, $138,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1% — not 18.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.5%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+1%
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%
North Carolina
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,860
- p25
- $128,660
- p75
- $159,010
- p10
- $101,670
- p90
- $169,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.