State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs South Carolina
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In South Carolina, $135,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+2.7%
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%
South Carolina
Pharmacists
- Median
- $135,700
- p25
- $126,790
- p75
- $158,210
- p10
- $82,430
- p90
- $170,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.