State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: North Carolina vs Oregon
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In North Carolina, $138,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
North Carolina vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-8.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,860
- p25
- $128,660
- p75
- $159,010
- p10
- $101,670
- p90
- $169,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.