State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Oregon vs Virginia
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Virginia, $144,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.2%
Oregon vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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%
Virginia
Pharmacists
- Median
- $144,060
- p25
- $128,230
- p75
- $161,600
- p10
- $106,800
- p90
- $173,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.