Pharmacist · Bowling Green, KY
Pharmacist in Bowling Green: $5,076/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Bowling Green at $134,980 a year. About 160 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.97). The 10th percentile is $103,050 and the 90th is $159,050. Pay ranks 279th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,076 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 238 miles away, at $6,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,076
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$134,980
$103,050 to $159,050
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
160
Location quotient 0.97
Pay rank
279th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $134,980.
- Taxes$3,272
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$5,076
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $134,980
- Federal income tax
- −$21,642
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,326
- State income tax (KY)
- −$5,268
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,025
- Take-home pay
- $95,719
- Effective tax rate
- 29.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$11,248 gross, minus $3,272 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$5,076
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $6,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Bowling Green?
$134,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 160 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Bowling Green?
$5,076 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 11.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Kokomo, about 238 miles away, leaves $6,240 a month, more than Bowling Green.