Pharmacist · Providence, RI
Pharmacist in Providence: $4,200/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Providence at $130,840 a year. About 1,880 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.27). The 10th percentile is $86,620 and the 90th is $159,280. Pay ranks 354th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,740/mo). Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,200 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Burlington, about 224 miles away, at $5,288 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,200
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$130,840
$86,620 to $159,280
Rent (1 bd)
$1,740
$2,072 (2 bd)
Employment
1,880
Location quotient 1.27
Pay rank
354th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $130,840.
- Taxes$2,964
- Rent$1,740
- Other living costs$1,999
- Left over$4,200
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $130,840
- Federal income tax
- −$20,649
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,009
- State income tax (RI)
- −$4,915
- Take-home pay
- $95,267
- Effective tax rate
- 27.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,740
- Groceries
- $416
- Getting around
- $491
- Healthcare
- $468
- Utilities and internet
- $260
- Everything else
- $364
- Total spending
- $3,739
Left over each month
$10,903 gross, minus $2,964 in tax and $3,739 in living costs.
$4,200
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Burlington, $5,288/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Providence?
$130,840 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,880 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Providence?
$4,200 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Rhode Island taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,740, and pay covers 6.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Burlington, about 224 miles away, leaves $5,288 a month, more than Providence.