State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Iowa vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Iowa, $138,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.5% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Iowa vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-1.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,860
- p25
- $127,840
- p75
- $157,880
- p10
- $117,450
- p90
- $164,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.