Pharmacist · Las Cruces, NM
Pharmacist in Las Cruces: $5,367/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Las Cruces at $135,900 a year. About 120 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.75). The 10th percentile is $99,440 and the 90th is $172,840. Pay ranks 260th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 13.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($862/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,367 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sierra Vista, about 176 miles away, at $6,496 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,367
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$135,900
$99,440 to $172,840
Rent (1 bd)
$862
$1,026 (2 bd)
Employment
120
Location quotient 0.75
Pay rank
260th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
13.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $135,900.
- Taxes$3,138
- Rent$862
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$5,367
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $135,900
- Federal income tax
- −$21,863
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,396
- State income tax (NM)
- −$5,402
- Take-home pay
- $98,239
- Effective tax rate
- 27.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $862
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $2,820
Left over each month
$11,325 gross, minus $3,138 in tax and $2,820 in living costs.
$5,367
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sierra Vista, $6,496/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Las Cruces?
$135,900 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 120 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Las Cruces?
$5,367 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $862, and pay covers 13.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Sierra Vista, about 176 miles away, leaves $6,496 a month, more than Las Cruces.