Pharmacist · Parkersburg, WV
Pharmacist in Parkersburg: $5,119/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Parkersburg at $130,310 a year. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.32). The 10th percentile is $83,340 and the 90th is $164,520. Pay ranks 363rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 14.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($744/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,119 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 249 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,119
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$130,310
$83,340 to $164,520
Rent (1 bd)
$744
$886 (2 bd)
Employment
100
Location quotient 1.32
Pay rank
363rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
14.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $130,310.
- Taxes$2,994
- Rent$744
- Other living costs$2,002
- Left over$5,119
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $130,310
- Federal income tax
- −$20,521
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,969
- State income tax (WV)
- −$5,442
- Take-home pay
- $94,377
- Effective tax rate
- 27.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $744
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,746
Left over each month
$10,859 gross, minus $2,994 in tax and $2,746 in living costs.
$5,119
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ann Arbor, $6,408/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Parkersburg?
$130,310 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 100 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Parkersburg?
$5,119 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $744, and pay covers 14.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 249 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Parkersburg.