Pharmacist · Albany, OR
Pharmacist in Albany: $5,285/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Albany at $158,000 a year. About 70 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.68). The 10th percentile is $127,250 and the 90th is $176,790. Pay ranks 50th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,271/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,285 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 118 miles away, at $7,405 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,285
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$158,000
$127,250 to $176,790
Rent (1 bd)
$1,271
$1,513 (2 bd)
Employment
70
Location quotient 0.68
Pay rank
50th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $158,000.
- Taxes$4,407
- Rent$1,271
- Other living costs$2,204
- Left over$5,285
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $158,000
- Federal income tax
- −$27,167
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,087
- State income tax (OR)
- −$13,632
- Take-home pay
- $105,114
- Effective tax rate
- 33.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,271
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $630
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,475
Left over each month
$13,167 gross, minus $4,407 in tax and $3,475 in living costs.
$5,285
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Longview, $7,405/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Albany?
$158,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 70 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Albany?
$5,285 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,271, and pay covers 10.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Longview, about 118 miles away, leaves $7,405 a month, more than Albany.