Pharmacist · Blacksburg, VA
Pharmacist in Blacksburg: $4,790/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Blacksburg at $131,740 a year. About 170 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $106,370 and the 90th is $158,700. Pay ranks 342nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,103/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,790 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chambersburg, about 246 miles away, at $6,016 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,790
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$131,740
$106,370 to $158,700
Rent (1 bd)
$1,103
$1,313 (2 bd)
Employment
170
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
342nd 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 $131,740.
- Taxes$3,148
- Rent$1,103
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$4,790
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $131,740
- Federal income tax
- −$20,865
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,078
- State income tax (VA)
- −$6,829
- Take-home pay
- $93,968
- Effective tax rate
- 28.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,103
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $533
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,041
Left over each month
$10,978 gross, minus $3,148 in tax and $3,041 in living costs.
$4,790
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chambersburg, $6,016/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Blacksburg?
$131,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 170 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Blacksburg?
$4,790 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,103, and pay covers 10.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Chambersburg, about 246 miles away, leaves $6,016 a month, more than Blacksburg.