Pharmacist salary in Oregon

Official occupation: 29-1051 Pharmacists · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Oregon, the median pharmacist earns $165,960 a year, 18% above the United States median of $140,910.

That is the 2nd-highest median among the 51 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $126,040 and the 90th at $193,860 (a ratio of 1.5).

With 3,250 jobs and a location quotient of 0.80, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Oregon is $57,000, so this role pays 2.9 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureOregonNational
Median annual pay Observed$165,960United States: $140,910
Mean annual pay Observed$159,230United States: $140,920
10th percentile Observed$126,040United States: $99,290
25th percentile Observed$144,020United States: $129,380
75th percentile Observed$182,040United States: $161,840
90th percentile Observed$193,860United States: $174,230
Median hourly pay Observed$79.79United States: $67.75
Employment (jobs) Observed3,250
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed1.651
Location quotient Observed0.8
Difference from United States median ($140,910) Derived+18%
Rank among 51 states Derived2
Ratio to Oregon all-occupation median ($57,000) Derived2.91×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived1.54

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 1. Alaska$167,310
  2. 2. Oregon$165,960
  3. 3. California$164,610
  4. 4. Hawaii$163,220

Largest cities in Oregon: Portland, Eugene, Salem, Gresham, Hillsboro (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.