Pharmacist · Honolulu, HI
Pharmacist in Honolulu: $4,657/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Honolulu at $165,090 a year. About 890 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $127,700 and the 90th is $177,290. Pay ranks 21st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,116/mo). Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,657 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Kahului is the strongest other metro for this job ($4,460 left over a month), and Honolulu still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,657
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$165,090
$127,700 to $177,290
Rent (1 bd)
$2,116
$2,519 (2 bd)
Employment
890
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
21st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $165,090.
- Taxes$4,467
- Rent$2,116
- Other living costs$2,518
- Left over$4,657
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $165,090
- Federal income tax
- −$28,869
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,629
- State income tax (HI)
- −$12,104
- Take-home pay
- $111,488
- Effective tax rate
- 32.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,116
- Groceries
- $524
- Getting around
- $619
- Healthcare
- $590
- Utilities and internet
- $328
- Everything else
- $459
- Total spending
- $4,634
Left over each month
$13,758 gross, minus $4,467 in tax and $4,634 in living costs.
$4,657
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kahului, $4,460/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Honolulu?
$165,090 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 890 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Honolulu?
$4,657 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Hawaii taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,116, and pay covers 6.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Honolulu leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Kahului at $4,460 a month.