State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: California vs Wisconsin
Pharmacists in California earn a median of $164,610. In Wisconsin, $148,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 10.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.7%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
-5.9%
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%
Wisconsin
Pharmacists
- Median
- $148,740
- p25
- $131,780
- p75
- $167,430
- p10
- $112,020
- p90
- $178,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -86%
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.