Pharmacist · Lancaster, PA
Pharmacist in Lancaster: $4,859/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Lancaster at $134,320 a year. About 450 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.86). The 10th percentile is $124,930 and the 90th is $159,080. Pay ranks 292nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,217/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,859 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 99 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,859
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$134,320
$124,930 to $159,080
Rent (1 bd)
$1,217
$1,449 (2 bd)
Employment
450
Location quotient 0.86
Pay rank
292nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $134,320.
- Taxes$3,102
- Rent$1,217
- Other living costs$2,015
- Left over$4,859
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $134,320
- Federal income tax
- −$21,484
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,275
- State income tax (PA)
- −$4,124
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,343
- Take-home pay
- $97,094
- Effective tax rate
- 27.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,217
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,232
Left over each month
$11,193 gross, minus $3,102 in tax and $3,232 in living costs.
$4,859
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 Lancaster?
$134,320 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 450 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Lancaster?
$4,859 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,217, and pay covers 9.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 99 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Lancaster.