State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Oregon vs South Dakota
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In South Dakota, $146,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 13.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.1%
Oregon vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
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 Dakota
Pharmacists
- Median
- $146,790
- p25
- $131,950
- p75
- $155,260
- p10
- $112,200
- p90
- $166,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.