State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Montana vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Montana, $142,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.4%
Montana vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Pharmacists
- Median
- $142,080
- p25
- $130,000
- p75
- $158,850
- p10
- $98,660
- p90
- $165,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.