Pharmacist · Bangor, ME
Pharmacist in Bangor: $5,150/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Bangor at $145,210 a year. About 200 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.31). The 10th percentile is $104,080 and the 90th is $167,530. Pay ranks 117th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,215/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,150 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Burlington, about 219 miles away, at $5,288 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,150
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$145,210
$104,080 to $167,530
Rent (1 bd)
$1,215
$1,447 (2 bd)
Employment
200
Location quotient 1.31
Pay rank
117th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $145,210.
- Taxes$3,670
- Rent$1,215
- Other living costs$2,066
- Left over$5,150
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $145,210
- Federal income tax
- −$24,097
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,109
- State income tax (ME)
- −$8,830
- Take-home pay
- $101,174
- Effective tax rate
- 30.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,215
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $578
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,281
Left over each month
$12,101 gross, minus $3,670 in tax and $3,281 in living costs.
$5,150
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Burlington, $5,288/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Bangor?
$145,210 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 200 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Bangor?
$5,150 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,215, and pay covers 10.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Burlington, about 219 miles away, leaves $5,288 a month, more than Bangor.