Pharmacist · Birmingham, AL
Pharmacist in Birmingham: $5,146/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Birmingham at $138,800 a year. About 1,550 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.44). The 10th percentile is $107,330 and the 90th is $161,190. Pay ranks 204th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/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 $5,146 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 197 miles away, at $5,873 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,146
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$138,800
$107,330 to $161,190
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
1,550
Location quotient 1.44
Pay rank
204th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $138,800.
- Taxes$3,443
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$5,146
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $138,800
- Federal income tax
- −$22,559
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,618
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,750
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,388
- Take-home pay
- $97,485
- Effective tax rate
- 29.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$11,567 gross, minus $3,443 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$5,146
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 Birmingham?
$138,800 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,550 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Birmingham?
$5,146 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 $1,106, and pay covers 10.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Jackson, about 197 miles away, leaves $5,873 a month, more than Birmingham.