State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Ohio
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Ohio, $137,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.1%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+0.7%
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%
Ohio
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,020
- p25
- $127,700
- p75
- $156,190
- p10
- $65,470
- p90
- $165,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- 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.