Pharmacist · Anchorage, AK
Pharmacist in Anchorage: $6,495/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Anchorage at $162,980 a year. About 360 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $106,190 and the 90th is $184,830. Pay ranks 27th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,392/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $6,495 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fairbanks, about 196 miles away, at $7,079 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$6,495
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$162,980
$106,190 to $184,830
Rent (1 bd)
$1,392
$1,657 (2 bd)
Employment
360
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
27th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $162,980.
- Taxes$3,403
- Rent$1,392
- Other living costs$2,292
- Left over$6,495
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $162,980
- Federal income tax
- −$28,362
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,468
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $122,150
- Effective tax rate
- 25.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,392
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $636
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,684
Left over each month
$13,582 gross, minus $3,403 in tax and $3,684 in living costs.
$6,495
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fairbanks, $7,079/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Anchorage?
$162,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 360 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Anchorage?
$6,495 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,392, and pay covers 9.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Fairbanks, about 196 miles away, leaves $7,079 a month, more than Anchorage.