Pharmacist · Fargo, ND
Pharmacist in Fargo: $6,202/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Fargo at $142,040 a year. About 520 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.68). The 10th percentile is $37,120 and the 90th is $167,940. Pay ranks 151st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 13.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $6,202 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sioux Falls, about 234 miles away, at $6,505 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$6,202
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$142,040
$37,120 to $167,940
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
520
Location quotient 1.68
Pay rank
151st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
13.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $142,040.
- Taxes$2,979
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$6,202
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $142,040
- Federal income tax
- −$23,337
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,866
- State income tax (ND)
- −$1,540
- Take-home pay
- $106,298
- Effective tax rate
- 25.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$11,837 gross, minus $2,979 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$6,202
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux Falls, $6,505/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Fargo?
$142,040 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 520 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Fargo?
$6,202 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 13.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Sioux Falls, about 234 miles away, leaves $6,505 a month, more than Fargo.