Pharmacist · Buffalo, NY
Pharmacist in Buffalo: $5,114/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Buffalo at $137,900 a year. About 1,400 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 $71,200 and the 90th is $176,560. Pay ranks 223rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,169/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,114 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 147 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,114
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$137,900
$71,200 to $176,560
Rent (1 bd)
$1,169
$1,392 (2 bd)
Employment
1,400
Location quotient 1.26
Pay rank
223rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $137,900.
- Taxes$3,343
- Rent$1,169
- Other living costs$1,865
- Left over$5,114
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $137,900
- Federal income tax
- −$22,343
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,549
- State income tax (NY)
- −$7,226
- Take-home pay
- $97,782
- Effective tax rate
- 29.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,169
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,034
Left over each month
$11,492 gross, minus $3,343 in tax and $3,034 in living costs.
$5,114
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 Buffalo?
$137,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,400 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Buffalo?
$5,114 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,169, and pay covers 9.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 147 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Buffalo.