Pharmacist · Erie, PA
Pharmacist in Erie: $4,930/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Erie at $128,360 a year. About 220 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.88). The 10th percentile is $99,920 and the 90th is $155,830. Pay ranks 377th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 13.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($804/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,930 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 192 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,930
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$128,360
$99,920 to $155,830
Rent (1 bd)
$804
$957 (2 bd)
Employment
220
Location quotient 0.88
Pay rank
377th 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 $128,360.
- Taxes$2,925
- Rent$804
- Other living costs$2,038
- Left over$4,930
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $128,360
- Federal income tax
- −$20,053
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,820
- State income tax (PA)
- −$3,941
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,284
- Take-home pay
- $93,263
- Effective tax rate
- 27.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $804
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $2,842
Left over each month
$10,697 gross, minus $2,925 in tax and $2,842 in living costs.
$4,930
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 Erie?
$128,360 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 220 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Erie?
$4,930 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $804, and pay covers 13.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 192 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Erie.