State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Oregon vs South Carolina
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In South Carolina, $135,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.3%
Oregon vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+10.8%
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%
South Carolina
Pharmacists
- Median
- $135,700
- p25
- $126,790
- p75
- $158,210
- p10
- $82,430
- p90
- $170,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.