State comparison · 2025
Pharmacists salary: Oregon vs Washington
Pharmacists in Oregon earn a median of $165,960. In Washington, $160,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 3.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+3.3%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
Washington
Pharmacists
- Median
- $160,610
- p25
- $137,890
- p75
- $179,480
- p10
- $126,230
- p90
- $205,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.