Pharmacist · Bridgeport, CT
Pharmacist in Bridgeport: $4,930/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Bridgeport at $157,440 a year. About 660 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.79). The 10th percentile is $111,630 and the 90th is $172,570. Pay ranks 52nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 5.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,313/mo). Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,930 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 190 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,930
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$157,440
$111,630 to $172,570
Rent (1 bd)
$2,313
$2,754 (2 bd)
Employment
660
Location quotient 0.79
Pay rank
52nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
5.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $157,440.
- Taxes$3,939
- Rent$2,313
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$4,930
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $157,440
- Federal income tax
- −$27,033
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,044
- State income tax (CT)
- −$8,196
- Take-home pay
- $110,167
- Effective tax rate
- 30.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,313
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $457
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $4,251
Left over each month
$13,120 gross, minus $3,939 in tax and $4,251 in living costs.
$4,930
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Williamsport, $6,088/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Bridgeport?
$157,440 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 660 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Bridgeport?
$4,930 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Connecticut taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,313, and pay covers 5.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 190 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Bridgeport.