Pharmacist · Helena, MT
Pharmacist in Helena: $5,433/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Helena at $146,400 a year. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.13). The 10th percentile is $124,600 and the 90th is $166,280. Pay ranks 111th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,263/mo). Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,433 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Coeur d'Alene, about 223 miles away, at $5,872 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,433
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$146,400
$124,600 to $166,280
Rent (1 bd)
$1,263
$1,503 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 1.13
Pay rank
111th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $146,400.
- Taxes$3,592
- Rent$1,263
- Other living costs$1,912
- Left over$5,433
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $146,400
- Federal income tax
- −$24,383
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,200
- State income tax (MT)
- −$7,523
- Take-home pay
- $103,294
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,263
- Groceries
- $385
- Getting around
- $517
- Healthcare
- $433
- Utilities and internet
- $241
- Everything else
- $337
- Total spending
- $3,175
Left over each month
$12,200 gross, minus $3,592 in tax and $3,175 in living costs.
$5,433
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 Helena?
$146,400 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 Helena?
$5,433 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Montana taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,263, and pay covers 9.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Coeur d'Alene, about 223 miles away, leaves $5,872 a month, more than Helena.