Pharmacist · Dover, DE
Pharmacist in Dover: $5,495/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Dover at $151,930 a year. About 90 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.67). The 10th percentile is $84,870 and the 90th is $184,730. Pay ranks 73rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,336/mo). Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,495 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 176 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,495
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$151,930
$84,870 to $184,730
Rent (1 bd)
$1,336
$1,591 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
73rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $151,930.
- Taxes$3,848
- Rent$1,336
- Other living costs$1,982
- Left over$5,495
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $151,930
- Federal income tax
- −$25,710
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,623
- State income tax (DE)
- −$8,840
- Take-home pay
- $105,757
- Effective tax rate
- 30.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,336
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,318
Left over each month
$12,661 gross, minus $3,848 in tax and $3,318 in living costs.
$5,495
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Williamsport, $6,088/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Dover?
$151,930 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Dover?
$5,495 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,336, and pay covers 9.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 176 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Dover.