State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Vermont
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Vermont, $136,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.8%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
Vermont
Pharmacists
- Median
- $136,270
- p25
- $128,340
- p75
- $162,110
- p10
- $117,860
- p90
- $164,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.