State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Oregon vs Pennsylvania
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Pennsylvania, $138,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.1%
Oregon vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Pharmacists
- Median
- $138,160
- p25
- $129,990
- p75
- $156,970
- p10
- $112,750
- p90
- $163,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +133%
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.