Pharmacist · Louisville, KY
Pharmacist in Louisville: $5,435/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Louisville at $143,920 a year. About 1,830 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.29). The 10th percentile is $97,700 and the 90th is $173,620. Pay ranks 128th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,435 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Kokomo, about 158 miles away, at $6,240 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,435
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$143,920
$97,700 to $173,620
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
1,830
Location quotient 1.29
Pay rank
128th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $143,920.
- Taxes$3,632
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$5,435
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $143,920
- Federal income tax
- −$23,788
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,010
- State income tax (KY)
- −$5,626
- City / county wage tax
- −$3,166
- Take-home pay
- $100,330
- Effective tax rate
- 30.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$11,993 gross, minus $3,632 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$5,435
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 Louisville?
$143,920 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,830 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Louisville?
$5,435 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 11.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Kokomo, about 158 miles away, leaves $6,240 a month, more than Louisville.