Pharmacist · Mobile, AL
Pharmacist in Mobile: $4,968/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Mobile at $134,570 a year. About 440 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.22). The 10th percentile is $86,900 and the 90th is $158,440. Pay ranks 286th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($984/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,968 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Hammond, about 131 miles away, at $5,337 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,968
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$134,570
$86,900 to $158,440
Rent (1 bd)
$984
$1,171 (2 bd)
Employment
440
Location quotient 1.22
Pay rank
286th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $134,570.
- Taxes$3,310
- Rent$984
- Other living costs$1,952
- Left over$4,968
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $134,570
- Federal income tax
- −$21,544
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,295
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,539
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,346
- Take-home pay
- $94,847
- Effective tax rate
- 29.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $984
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,936
Left over each month
$11,214 gross, minus $3,310 in tax and $2,936 in living costs.
$4,968
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Hammond, $5,337/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Mobile?
$134,570 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 440 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Mobile?
$4,968 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $984, and pay covers 11.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Hammond, about 131 miles away, leaves $5,337 a month, more than Mobile.