Pharmacist · Reading, PA
Pharmacist in Reading: $5,383/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Reading at $143,210 a year. About 240 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.67). The 10th percentile is $119,360 and the 90th is $176,890. Pay ranks 137th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,167/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,383 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 87 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,383
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$143,210
$119,360 to $176,890
Rent (1 bd)
$1,167
$1,389 (2 bd)
Employment
240
Location quotient 0.67
Pay rank
137th 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 $143,210.
- Taxes$3,367
- Rent$1,167
- Other living costs$2,017
- Left over$5,383
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $143,210
- Federal income tax
- −$23,617
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,956
- State income tax (PA)
- −$4,397
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,432
- Take-home pay
- $102,808
- Effective tax rate
- 28.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,167
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $563
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,184
Left over each month
$11,934 gross, minus $3,367 in tax and $3,184 in living costs.
$5,383
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Williamsport, $6,088/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Reading?
$143,210 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 240 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Reading?
$5,383 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,167, and pay covers 10.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 87 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Reading.