State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Mississippi vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Mississippi, $133,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.6% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Mississippi vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-4.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Pharmacists
- Median
- $133,230
- p25
- $127,080
- p75
- $147,820
- p10
- $97,260
- p90
- $158,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.