Pharmacist · Dayton, OH
Pharmacist in Dayton: $5,230/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Dayton at $136,110 a year. About 830 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $100,330 and the 90th is $163,100. Pay ranks 256th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,018/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,230 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 168 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,230
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$136,110
$100,330 to $163,100
Rent (1 bd)
$1,018
$1,212 (2 bd)
Employment
830
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
256th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $136,110.
- Taxes$3,195
- Rent$1,018
- Other living costs$1,899
- Left over$5,230
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $136,110
- Federal income tax
- −$21,913
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,412
- State income tax (OH)
- −$3,297
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,722
- Take-home pay
- $97,765
- Effective tax rate
- 28.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,018
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,917
Left over each month
$11,343 gross, minus $3,195 in tax and $2,917 in living costs.
$5,230
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 Dayton?
$136,110 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 830 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Dayton?
$5,230 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,018, and pay covers 11.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 168 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Dayton.