State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Michigan vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Michigan, $137,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.9%
Michigan vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,860
- p25
- $127,940
- p75
- $157,610
- p10
- $101,740
- p90
- $168,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
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.