Pharmacist · Grand Island, NE
Pharmacist in Grand Island: $5,152/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Grand Island at $134,520 a year. About 70 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $83,700 and the 90th is $172,860. Pay ranks 287th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,082/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,152 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sioux Falls, about 185 miles away, at $6,505 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,152
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$134,520
$83,700 to $172,860
Rent (1 bd)
$1,082
$1,288 (2 bd)
Employment
70
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
287th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $134,520.
- Taxes$3,162
- Rent$1,082
- Other living costs$1,814
- Left over$5,152
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $134,520
- Federal income tax
- −$21,532
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,291
- State income tax (NE)
- −$6,116
- Take-home pay
- $96,581
- Effective tax rate
- 28.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,082
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $549
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,896
Left over each month
$11,210 gross, minus $3,162 in tax and $2,896 in living costs.
$5,152
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 Grand Island?
$134,520 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 70 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Grand Island?
$5,152 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,082, and pay covers 10.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Sioux Falls, about 185 miles away, leaves $6,505 a month, more than Grand Island.