State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Pennsylvania, $138,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.1%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+5%
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%
Pennsylvania
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,160
- p25
- $129,990
- p75
- $156,970
- p10
- $112,750
- p90
- $163,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.