Pharmacist · Elkhart, IN
Pharmacist in Elkhart: $5,696/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Elkhart at $143,720 a year. About 150 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.56). The 10th percentile is $129,480 and the 90th is $165,380. Pay ranks 129th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 13.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($884/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,696 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 113 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,696
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$143,720
$129,480 to $165,380
Rent (1 bd)
$884
$1,052 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 0.56
Pay rank
129th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
13.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $143,720.
- Taxes$3,431
- Rent$884
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$5,696
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $143,720
- Federal income tax
- −$23,740
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,995
- State income tax (IN)
- −$4,282
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,156
- Take-home pay
- $102,548
- Effective tax rate
- 28.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $884
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,850
Left over each month
$11,977 gross, minus $3,431 in tax and $2,850 in living costs.
$5,696
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 Elkhart?
$143,720 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Elkhart?
$5,696 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $884, and pay covers 13.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 113 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Elkhart.