Pharmacist · Ithaca, NY
Pharmacist in Ithaca: $5,502/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Ithaca at $151,780 a year. About 40 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.44). The 10th percentile is $111,930 and the 90th is $161,900. Pay ranks 75th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,571/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,502 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 82 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,502
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$151,780
$111,930 to $161,900
Rent (1 bd)
$1,571
$1,870 (2 bd)
Employment
40
Location quotient 0.44
Pay rank
75th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $151,780.
- Taxes$3,779
- Rent$1,571
- Other living costs$1,797
- Left over$5,502
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $151,780
- Federal income tax
- −$25,674
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,611
- State income tax (NY)
- −$8,059
- Take-home pay
- $106,436
- Effective tax rate
- 29.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,571
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $359
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,368
Left over each month
$12,648 gross, minus $3,779 in tax and $3,368 in living costs.
$5,502
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Williamsport, $6,088/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Ithaca?
$151,780 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 40 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Ithaca?
$5,502 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,571, and pay covers 8.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 82 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Ithaca.