Pharmacist · Atlantic City, NJ
Pharmacist in Atlantic City: $4,402/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Atlantic City at $134,890 a year. About 370 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.06). The 10th percentile is $62,610 and the 90th is $162,270. Pay ranks 280th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,654/mo). New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,402 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 187 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,402
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$134,890
$62,610 to $162,270
Rent (1 bd)
$1,654
$1,969 (2 bd)
Employment
370
Location quotient 1.06
Pay rank
280th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $134,890.
- Taxes$3,195
- Rent$1,654
- Other living costs$1,990
- Left over$4,402
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $134,890
- Federal income tax
- −$21,621
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,319
- State income tax (NJ)
- −$6,403
- Take-home pay
- $96,548
- Effective tax rate
- 28.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,654
- Groceries
- $398
- Getting around
- $546
- Healthcare
- $448
- Utilities and internet
- $249
- Everything else
- $349
- Total spending
- $3,644
Left over each month
$11,241 gross, minus $3,195 in tax and $3,644 in living costs.
$4,402
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Williamsport, $6,088/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Atlantic City?
$134,890 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 370 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Atlantic City?
$4,402 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Jersey taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,654, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 187 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Atlantic City.