State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Louisiana vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Louisiana, $132,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.2%
Louisiana vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Pharmacists
- Median
- $132,410
- p25
- $124,630
- p75
- $145,670
- p10
- $100,920
- p90
- $156,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.