State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: New Mexico vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In New Mexico, $147,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.4%
New Mexico vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-0.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Pharmacists
- Median
- $147,000
- p25
- $132,560
- p75
- $163,540
- p10
- $103,500
- p90
- $174,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +500%
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.