State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Massachusetts vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Massachusetts, $138,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Massachusetts vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-18.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,170
- p25
- $133,460
- p75
- $155,490
- p10
- $113,710
- p90
- $164,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.