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Pharmacists pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and Napa, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pharmacists is $141,110 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. It is $200,580 per year in Napa, CA. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 29.6% below Napa, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1051 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 850 wage and salary jobs in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and 180 in Napa, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings