State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Illinois vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Illinois, $139,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.2%
Illinois vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-13.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Pharmacists
- Median
- $139,080
- p25
- $126,270
- p75
- $162,280
- p10
- $98,970
- p90
- $169,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
Oregon
Pharmacists
- Median
- $165,960
- p25
- $144,020
- p75
- $182,040
- p10
- $126,040
- p90
- $193,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.