State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Colorado vs Texas
Pharmacists in Colorado earn a median of $156,030. In Texas, $138,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 12.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.9%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Pharmacists
- Median
- $156,030
- p25
- $136,750
- p75
- $169,120
- p10
- $120,410
- p90
- $188,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Texas
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,260
- p25
- $128,170
- p75
- $160,080
- p10
- $95,950
- p90
- $170,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +158%
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.