Pharmacist · Omaha, NE
Pharmacist in Omaha: $5,465/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Omaha at $141,830 a year. About 1,350 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.31). The 10th percentile is $56,130 and the 90th is $170,090. Pay ranks 152nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,089/mo). Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,465 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sioux Falls, about 161 miles away, at $6,505 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,465
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$141,830
$56,130 to $170,090
Rent (1 bd)
$1,089
$1,297 (2 bd)
Employment
1,350
Location quotient 1.31
Pay rank
152nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $141,830.
- Taxes$3,386
- Rent$1,089
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$5,465
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $141,830
- Federal income tax
- −$23,286
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,850
- State income tax (NE)
- −$6,496
- Take-home pay
- $101,198
- Effective tax rate
- 28.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,089
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,968
Left over each month
$11,819 gross, minus $3,386 in tax and $2,968 in living costs.
$5,465
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux Falls, $6,505/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Omaha?
$141,830 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,350 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Omaha?
$5,465 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Nebraska taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,089, and pay covers 10.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Sioux Falls, about 161 miles away, leaves $6,505 a month, more than Omaha.