State comparison · 2025
Pharmacy Technicians salary: Minnesota vs Oregon
Pharmacy Technicians in Oregon earn a median of $54,900. In Minnesota, $48,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.7% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
-12%
Minnesota vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-7.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Pharmacy Technicians
- Median
- $48,300
- p25
- $43,490
- p75
- $54,440
- p10
- $38,110
- p90
- $62,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
Oregon
Pharmacy Technicians
- Median
- $54,900
- p25
- $48,190
- p75
- $62,560
- p10
- $44,530
- p90
- $68,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.