Pharmacist · Columbus, IN
Pharmacist in Columbus: $5,202/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Columbus at $137,330 a year. About 50 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.51). The 10th percentile is $89,630 and the 90th is $154,950. Pay ranks 234th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,084/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,202 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 236 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,202
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$137,330
$89,630 to $154,950
Rent (1 bd)
$1,084
$1,290 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.51
Pay rank
234th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $137,330.
- Taxes$3,238
- Rent$1,084
- Other living costs$1,920
- Left over$5,202
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $137,330
- Federal income tax
- −$22,206
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,506
- State income tax (IN)
- −$4,090
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,060
- Take-home pay
- $98,468
- Effective tax rate
- 28.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,084
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $3,004
Left over each month
$11,444 gross, minus $3,238 in tax and $3,004 in living costs.
$5,202
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ann Arbor, $6,408/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Columbus?
$137,330 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 50 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Columbus?
$5,202 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,084, and pay covers 10.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 236 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Columbus.