Pharmacist · Great Falls, MT
Pharmacist in Great Falls: $5,077/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Great Falls at $136,560 a year. About 90 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.21). The 10th percentile is $99,000 and the 90th is $161,120. Pay ranks 247th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,042/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,077 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Coeur d'Alene, about 249 miles away, at $5,872 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,077
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$136,560
$99,000 to $161,120
Rent (1 bd)
$1,042
$1,240 (2 bd)
Employment
90
Location quotient 1.21
Pay rank
247th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $136,560.
- Taxes$3,284
- Rent$1,042
- Other living costs$1,977
- Left over$5,077
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $136,560
- Federal income tax
- −$22,021
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,447
- State income tax (MT)
- −$6,942
- Take-home pay
- $97,149
- Effective tax rate
- 28.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,042
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $583
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,019
Left over each month
$11,380 gross, minus $3,284 in tax and $3,019 in living costs.
$5,077
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Coeur d'Alene, $5,872/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Great Falls?
$136,560 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 Great Falls?
$5,077 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,042, and pay covers 10.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Coeur d'Alene, about 249 miles away, leaves $5,872 a month, more than Great Falls.