Pharmacist · Grand Forks, ND
Pharmacist in Grand Forks: $5,937/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Grand Forks at $138,310 a year. About 90 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.85). The 10th percentile is $122,550 and the 90th is $163,490. Pay ranks 210th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 12.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($924/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,937 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Fargo, about 64 miles away, at $6,202 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,937
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$138,310
$122,550 to $163,490
Rent (1 bd)
$924
$1,100 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 0.85
Pay rank
210th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
12.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $138,310.
- Taxes$2,874
- Rent$924
- Other living costs$1,791
- Left over$5,937
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $138,310
- Federal income tax
- −$22,441
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,581
- State income tax (ND)
- −$1,467
- Take-home pay
- $103,821
- Effective tax rate
- 24.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $924
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $525
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,715
Left over each month
$11,526 gross, minus $2,874 in tax and $2,715 in living costs.
$5,937
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fargo, $6,202/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Grand Forks?
$138,310 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 90 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Grand Forks?
$5,937 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $924, and pay covers 12.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Fargo, about 64 miles away, leaves $6,202 a month, more than Grand Forks.