Pharmacist · Greenville, SC
Pharmacist in Greenville: $4,937/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Greenville at $135,580 a year. About 900 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.99). The 10th percentile is $73,610 and the 90th is $164,810. Pay ranks 264th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,204/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,937 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Florence, about 153 miles away, at $5,861 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,937
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$135,580
$73,610 to $164,810
Rent (1 bd)
$1,204
$1,433 (2 bd)
Employment
900
Location quotient 0.99
Pay rank
264th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $135,580.
- Taxes$3,248
- Rent$1,204
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$4,937
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $135,580
- Federal income tax
- −$21,786
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,372
- State income tax (SC)
- −$6,823
- Take-home pay
- $96,599
- Effective tax rate
- 28.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,204
- Groceries
- $372
- Getting around
- $560
- Healthcare
- $419
- Utilities and internet
- $233
- Everything else
- $326
- Total spending
- $3,113
Left over each month
$11,298 gross, minus $3,248 in tax and $3,113 in living costs.
$4,937
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Florence, $5,861/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Greenville?
$135,580 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 900 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Greenville?
$4,937 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,204, and pay covers 9.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Florence, about 153 miles away, leaves $5,861 a month, more than Greenville.