Pharmacist · Lewiston, ME
Pharmacist in Lewiston: $4,960/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Lewiston at $142,840 a year. About 80 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.82). The 10th percentile is $111,170 and the 90th is $163,100. Pay ranks 140th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,289/mo). Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,960 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Burlington, about 144 miles away, at $5,288 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,960
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$142,840
$111,170 to $163,100
Rent (1 bd)
$1,289
$1,535 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 0.82
Pay rank
140th 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 $142,840.
- Taxes$3,593
- Rent$1,289
- Other living costs$2,061
- Left over$4,960
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $142,840
- Federal income tax
- −$23,529
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,927
- State income tax (ME)
- −$8,661
- Take-home pay
- $99,723
- Effective tax rate
- 30.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,289
- Groceries
- $410
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $462
- Utilities and internet
- $257
- Everything else
- $359
- Total spending
- $3,350
Left over each month
$11,903 gross, minus $3,593 in tax and $3,350 in living costs.
$4,960
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Burlington, $5,288/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Lewiston?
$142,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 80 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Lewiston?
$4,960 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maine taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,289, and pay covers 9.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Burlington, about 144 miles away, leaves $5,288 a month, more than Lewiston.