State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In New Jersey, $137,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-21.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Pharmacists
- Median
- $137,620
- p25
- $131,340
- p75
- $161,240
- p10
- $112,560
- p90
- $172,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -44%
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.