Pharmacist · Anniston, AL
Pharmacist in Anniston: $4,850/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Anniston at $126,760 a year. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.12). The 10th percentile is $77,170 and the 90th is $156,990. Pay ranks 381st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 15.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($692/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,850 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 221 miles away, at $5,873 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,850
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$126,760
$77,170 to $156,990
Rent (1 bd)
$692
$824 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 1.12
Pay rank
381st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
15.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $126,760.
- Taxes$3,065
- Rent$692
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$4,850
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $126,760
- Federal income tax
- −$19,669
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,697
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,148
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,268
- Take-home pay
- $89,978
- Effective tax rate
- 29.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $692
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,648
Left over each month
$10,563 gross, minus $3,065 in tax and $2,648 in living costs.
$4,850
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jackson, $5,873/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Anniston?
$126,760 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Anniston?
$4,850 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $692, and pay covers 15.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Jackson, about 221 miles away, leaves $5,873 a month, more than Anniston.