Pharmacist · Elizabethtown, KY
Pharmacist in Elizabethtown: $4,973/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Elizabethtown at $132,620 a year. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $102,380 and the 90th is $160,790. Pay ranks 328th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($942/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,973 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 196 miles away, at $6,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,973
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$132,620
$102,380 to $160,790
Rent (1 bd)
$942
$1,121 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
328th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $132,620.
- Taxes$3,199
- Rent$942
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$4,973
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $132,620
- Federal income tax
- −$21,076
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,145
- State income tax (KY)
- −$5,174
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,989
- Take-home pay
- $94,235
- Effective tax rate
- 28.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $942
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,880
Left over each month
$11,052 gross, minus $3,199 in tax and $2,880 in living costs.
$4,973
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $6,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Elizabethtown?
$132,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Elizabethtown?
$4,973 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $942, and pay covers 11.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Kokomo, about 196 miles away, leaves $6,240 a month, more than Elizabethtown.