Pharmacist · Albuquerque, NM
Pharmacist in Albuquerque: $5,744/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Albuquerque at $147,000 a year. About 1,000 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.19). The 10th percentile is $104,180 and the 90th is $178,900. Pay ranks 108th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,119/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,744 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Pueblo, about 237 miles away, at $5,961 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,744
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$147,000
$104,180 to $178,900
Rent (1 bd)
$1,119
$1,332 (2 bd)
Employment
1,000
Location quotient 1.19
Pay rank
108th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $147,000.
- Taxes$3,477
- Rent$1,119
- Other living costs$1,910
- Left over$5,744
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $147,000
- Federal income tax
- −$24,527
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,246
- State income tax (NM)
- −$5,946
- Take-home pay
- $105,282
- Effective tax rate
- 28.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,119
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,029
Left over each month
$12,250 gross, minus $3,477 in tax and $3,029 in living costs.
$5,744
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Pueblo, $5,961/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Albuquerque?
$147,000 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,000 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Albuquerque?
$5,744 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,119, and pay covers 10.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Pueblo, about 237 miles away, leaves $5,961 a month, more than Albuquerque.