Pharmacist · Fairbanks, AK
Pharmacist in Fairbanks: $7,079/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Fairbanks at $173,340 a year. About 50 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 $147,350 and the 90th is $192,590. Pay ranks 4th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,378/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $7,079 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Anchorage is the strongest other metro for this job ($6,495 left over a month), and Fairbanks still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$7,079
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$173,340
$147,350 to $192,590
Rent (1 bd)
$1,378
$1,640 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
4th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $173,340.
- Taxes$3,676
- Rent$1,378
- Other living costs$2,312
- Left over$7,079
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $173,340
- Federal income tax
- −$30,849
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,261
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $129,231
- Effective tax rate
- 25.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,378
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $656
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,690
Left over each month
$14,445 gross, minus $3,676 in tax and $3,690 in living costs.
$7,079
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Anchorage, $6,495/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Fairbanks?
$173,340 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 50 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Fairbanks?
$7,079 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,378, and pay covers 10.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Fairbanks leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Anchorage at $6,495 a month.