Pharmacist · Charleston, SC
Pharmacist in Charleston: $5,072/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Charleston at $145,950 a year. About 920 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.12). The 10th percentile is $112,460 and the 90th is $167,920. Pay ranks 113th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,588/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,072 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Florence, about 79 miles away, at $5,861 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,072
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$145,950
$112,460 to $167,920
Rent (1 bd)
$1,588
$1,890 (2 bd)
Employment
920
Location quotient 1.12
Pay rank
113th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $145,950.
- Taxes$3,576
- Rent$1,588
- Other living costs$1,927
- Left over$5,072
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $145,950
- Federal income tax
- −$24,275
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,165
- State income tax (SC)
- −$7,466
- Take-home pay
- $103,043
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,588
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $535
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,515
Left over each month
$12,163 gross, minus $3,576 in tax and $3,515 in living costs.
$5,072
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Florence, $5,861/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Charleston?
$145,950 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 920 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Charleston?
$5,072 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,588, and pay covers 7.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Florence, about 79 miles away, leaves $5,861 a month, more than Charleston.