Pharmacist · Fayetteville, AR
Pharmacist in Fayetteville: $5,375/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Fayetteville at $138,770 a year. About 460 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.80). The 10th percentile is $88,530 and the 90th is $166,600. Pay ranks 205th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,145/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,375 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Texarkana, about 182 miles away, at $5,691 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,375
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$138,770
$88,530 to $166,600
Rent (1 bd)
$1,145
$1,363 (2 bd)
Employment
460
Location quotient 0.80
Pay rank
205th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $138,770.
- Taxes$3,197
- Rent$1,145
- Other living costs$1,847
- Left over$5,375
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $138,770
- Federal income tax
- −$22,552
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,616
- State income tax (AR)
- −$5,199
- Take-home pay
- $100,403
- Effective tax rate
- 27.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,145
- Groceries
- $360
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $405
- Utilities and internet
- $225
- Everything else
- $315
- Total spending
- $2,992
Left over each month
$11,564 gross, minus $3,197 in tax and $2,992 in living costs.
$5,375
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Texarkana, $5,691/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Fayetteville?
$138,770 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 460 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Fayetteville?
$5,375 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,145, and pay covers 10.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Texarkana, about 182 miles away, leaves $5,691 a month, more than Fayetteville.