Pharmacist · Lima, OH
Pharmacist in Lima: $5,294/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Lima at $137,460 a year. About 140 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.33). The 10th percentile is $50,890 and the 90th is $158,780. Pay ranks 230th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($977/mo). Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,294 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 103 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,294
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$137,460
$50,890 to $158,780
Rent (1 bd)
$977
$1,163 (2 bd)
Employment
140
Location quotient 1.33
Pay rank
230th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $137,460.
- Taxes$3,237
- Rent$977
- Other living costs$1,947
- Left over$5,294
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $137,460
- Federal income tax
- −$22,237
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,516
- State income tax (OH)
- −$3,345
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,749
- Take-home pay
- $98,613
- Effective tax rate
- 28.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $977
- Groceries
- $375
- Getting around
- $589
- Healthcare
- $422
- Utilities and internet
- $234
- Everything else
- $328
- Total spending
- $2,924
Left over each month
$11,455 gross, minus $3,237 in tax and $2,924 in living costs.
$5,294
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ann Arbor, $6,408/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Lima?
$137,460 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 140 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Lima?
$5,294 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Ohio taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 2.00% city wage tax Rent is $977, and pay covers 11.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 103 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Lima.