Pharmacist · Montgomery, AL
Pharmacist in Montgomery: $4,933/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Montgomery at $136,620 a year. About 430 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.26). The 10th percentile is $104,000 and the 90th is $173,380. Pay ranks 246th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,121/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 $4,933 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Rome, about 148 miles away, at $5,424 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,933
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$136,620
$104,000 to $173,380
Rent (1 bd)
$1,121
$1,335 (2 bd)
Employment
430
Location quotient 1.26
Pay rank
246th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $136,620.
- Taxes$3,375
- Rent$1,121
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$4,933
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $136,620
- Federal income tax
- −$22,036
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,451
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,641
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,366
- Take-home pay
- $96,126
- Effective tax rate
- 29.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,121
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,077
Left over each month
$11,385 gross, minus $3,375 in tax and $3,077 in living costs.
$4,933
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Rome, $5,424/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Montgomery?
$136,620 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 430 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Montgomery?
$4,933 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 $1,121, and pay covers 10.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Rome, about 148 miles away, leaves $5,424 a month, more than Montgomery.