Pharmacist · Lexington, KY
Pharmacist in Lexington: $5,014/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Lexington at $136,530 a year. About 1,060 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.78). The 10th percentile is $100,260 and the 90th is $161,260. Pay ranks 248th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,135/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,014 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 187 miles away, at $6,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,014
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$136,530
$100,260 to $161,260
Rent (1 bd)
$1,135
$1,351 (2 bd)
Employment
1,060
Location quotient 1.78
Pay rank
248th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $136,530.
- Taxes$3,320
- Rent$1,135
- Other living costs$1,909
- Left over$5,014
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $136,530
- Federal income tax
- −$22,014
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,445
- State income tax (KY)
- −$5,330
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,048
- Take-home pay
- $96,693
- Effective tax rate
- 29.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,135
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $3,044
Left over each month
$11,378 gross, minus $3,320 in tax and $3,044 in living costs.
$5,014
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Kokomo, $6,240/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Lexington?
$136,530 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,060 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Lexington?
$5,014 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $1,135, and pay covers 10.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Kokomo, about 187 miles away, leaves $6,240 a month, more than Lexington.