State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Oklahoma
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Oklahoma, $135,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.8%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
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%
Oklahoma
Pharmacists
- Median
- $135,140
- p25
- $128,700
- p75
- $152,370
- p10
- $100,320
- p90
- $162,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.