Pharmacist · Lubbock, TX
Pharmacist in Lubbock: $6,512/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Lubbock at $145,890 a year. About 370 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.07). The 10th percentile is $106,660 and the 90th is $179,300. Pay ranks 114th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 14.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($817/mo). Texas has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $6,512 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Midland, about 95 miles away, at $6,942 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$6,512
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$145,890
$106,660 to $179,300
Rent (1 bd)
$817
$973 (2 bd)
Employment
370
Location quotient 1.07
Pay rank
114th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
14.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $145,890.
- Taxes$2,952
- Rent$817
- Other living costs$1,877
- Left over$6,512
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $145,890
- Federal income tax
- −$24,261
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,161
- State income tax (TX)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $110,469
- Effective tax rate
- 24.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $817
- Groceries
- $363
- Getting around
- $561
- Healthcare
- $408
- Utilities and internet
- $227
- Everything else
- $317
- Total spending
- $2,694
Left over each month
$12,158 gross, minus $2,952 in tax and $2,694 in living costs.
$6,512
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Midland, $6,942/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Lubbock?
$145,890 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 370 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Lubbock?
$6,512 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Texas has no state income tax Rent is $817, and pay covers 14.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Midland, about 95 miles away, leaves $6,942 a month, more than Lubbock.