Pharmacist · Dothan, AL
Pharmacist in Dothan: $4,949/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Dothan at $131,230 a year. About 160 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.26). The 10th percentile is $84,510 and the 90th is $161,260. Pay ranks 351st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 13.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($825/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 $4,949 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jacksonville, about 231 miles away, at $5,618 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,949
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$131,230
$84,510 to $161,260
Rent (1 bd)
$825
$982 (2 bd)
Employment
160
Location quotient 1.26
Pay rank
351st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
13.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $131,230.
- Taxes$3,205
- Rent$825
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$4,949
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $131,230
- Federal income tax
- −$20,742
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,039
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,372
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,312
- Take-home pay
- $92,765
- Effective tax rate
- 29.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $825
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,781
Left over each month
$10,936 gross, minus $3,205 in tax and $2,781 in living costs.
$4,949
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jacksonville, $5,618/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Dothan?
$131,230 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 160 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Dothan?
$4,949 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 $825, and pay covers 13.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Jacksonville, about 231 miles away, leaves $5,618 a month, more than Dothan.