State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Virginia
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Virginia, $144,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.3%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
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%
Virginia
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,060
- p25
- $128,230
- p75
- $161,600
- p10
- $106,800
- p90
- $173,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.