State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Rhode Island
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Rhode Island, $128,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 28.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.4%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+18.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Pharmacists
- Median
- $128,180
- p25
- $115,250
- p75
- $133,700
- p10
- $86,650
- p90
- $161,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.