State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Kentucky, $136,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 17.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.7%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Pharmacists
- Median
- $136,530
- p25
- $128,970
- p75
- $158,280
- p10
- $84,280
- p90
- $168,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.