State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Oregon vs Tennessee
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Tennessee, $133,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.4%
Oregon vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+10.6%
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%
Tennessee
Pharmacists
- Median
- $133,390
- p25
- $123,820
- p75
- $153,380
- p10
- $88,700
- p90
- $164,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.