Pharmacist · Decatur, AL
Pharmacist in Decatur: $5,116/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Decatur at $133,410 a year. About 120 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.97). The 10th percentile is $74,180 and the 90th is $158,850. Pay ranks 314th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 14.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($772/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,116 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Cape Girardeau, about 246 miles away, at $5,930 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,116
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$133,410
$74,180 to $158,850
Rent (1 bd)
$772
$919 (2 bd)
Employment
120
Location quotient 0.97
Pay rank
314th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
14.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $133,410.
- Taxes$3,274
- Rent$772
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$5,116
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $133,410
- Federal income tax
- −$21,265
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,206
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,481
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,334
- Take-home pay
- $94,124
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $772
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,728
Left over each month
$11,118 gross, minus $3,274 in tax and $2,728 in living costs.
$5,116
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Cape Girardeau, $5,930/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Decatur?
$133,410 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 120 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Decatur?
$5,116 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $772, and pay covers 14.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Cape Girardeau, about 246 miles away, leaves $5,930 a month, more than Decatur.