Pharmacist · Billings, MT
Pharmacist in Billings: $5,315/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Billings at $142,080 a year. About 240 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.26). The 10th percentile is $124,110 and the 90th is $163,790. Pay ranks 150th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,101/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,315 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Bozeman, about 113 miles away, at $5,739 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,315
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$142,080
$124,110 to $163,790
Rent (1 bd)
$1,101
$1,311 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 1.26
Pay rank
150th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $142,080.
- Taxes$3,457
- Rent$1,101
- Other living costs$1,967
- Left over$5,315
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $142,080
- Federal income tax
- −$23,346
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,869
- State income tax (MT)
- −$7,268
- Take-home pay
- $100,597
- Effective tax rate
- 29.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,101
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $572
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,068
Left over each month
$11,840 gross, minus $3,457 in tax and $3,068 in living costs.
$5,315
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Bozeman, $5,739/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Billings?
$142,080 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 240 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Billings?
$5,315 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,101, and pay covers 10.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Bozeman, about 113 miles away, leaves $5,739 a month, more than Billings.