State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Tennessee
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Tennessee, $133,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.4%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+2.4%
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%
Tennessee
Pharmacists
- Median
- $133,390
- p25
- $123,820
- p75
- $153,380
- p10
- $88,700
- p90
- $164,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.