Pharmacist · Burlington, VT
Pharmacist in Burlington: $5,288/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Burlington at $155,540 a year. About 250 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.01). The 10th percentile is $126,060 and the 90th is $162,850. Pay ranks 60th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,795/mo). Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,288 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Syracuse, about 195 miles away, at $5,535 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,288
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$155,540
$126,060 to $162,850
Rent (1 bd)
$1,795
$2,137 (2 bd)
Employment
250
Location quotient 1.01
Pay rank
60th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $155,540.
- Taxes$3,932
- Rent$1,795
- Other living costs$1,946
- Left over$5,288
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $155,540
- Federal income tax
- −$26,577
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,899
- State income tax (VT)
- −$8,713
- Take-home pay
- $108,352
- Effective tax rate
- 30.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,795
- Groceries
- $403
- Getting around
- $484
- Healthcare
- $454
- Utilities and internet
- $252
- Everything else
- $353
- Total spending
- $3,741
Left over each month
$12,962 gross, minus $3,932 in tax and $3,741 in living costs.
$5,288
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Syracuse, $5,535/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Burlington?
$155,540 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 250 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Burlington?
$5,288 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Vermont taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,795, and pay covers 7.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Syracuse, about 195 miles away, leaves $5,535 a month, more than Burlington.