Pharmacist · Gadsden, AL
Pharmacist in Gadsden: $5,117/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Gadsden at $129,090 a year. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.44). The 10th percentile is $82,310 and the 90th is $155,250. Pay ranks 372nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 19.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($546/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,117 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 200 miles away, at $5,873 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,117
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$129,090
$82,310 to $155,250
Rent (1 bd)
$546
$650 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 1.44
Pay rank
372nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
19.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $129,090.
- Taxes$3,138
- Rent$546
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$5,117
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $129,090
- Federal income tax
- −$20,229
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,875
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,265
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,291
- Take-home pay
- $91,431
- Effective tax rate
- 29.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $546
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,502
Left over each month
$10,758 gross, minus $3,138 in tax and $2,502 in living costs.
$5,117
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jackson, $5,873/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Gadsden?
$129,090 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Gadsden?
$5,117 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $546, and pay covers 19.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Jackson, about 200 miles away, leaves $5,873 a month, more than Gadsden.