Pharmacist · Auburn, AL
Pharmacist in Auburn: $4,687/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Auburn at $133,180 a year. About 210 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.40). The 10th percentile is $63,680 and the 90th is $159,430. Pay ranks 321st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/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 $4,687 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rome, about 124 miles away, at $5,424 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,687
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$133,180
$63,680 to $159,430
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
210
Location quotient 1.40
Pay rank
321st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $133,180.
- Taxes$3,267
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
- Left over$4,687
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $133,180
- Federal income tax
- −$21,210
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,188
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,469
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,332
- Take-home pay
- $93,981
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$11,098 gross, minus $3,267 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
$4,687
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rome, $5,424/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Auburn?
$133,180 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 210 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Auburn?
$4,687 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 $1,224, and pay covers 9.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Rome, about 124 miles away, leaves $5,424 a month, more than Auburn.