Pharmacist · Roanoke, VA
Pharmacist in Roanoke: $4,900/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Roanoke at $133,980 a year. About 360 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.13). The 10th percentile is $100,720 and the 90th is $168,290. Pay ranks 301st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,090/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,900 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Chambersburg, about 218 miles away, at $6,016 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,900
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$133,980
$100,720 to $168,290
Rent (1 bd)
$1,090
$1,298 (2 bd)
Employment
360
Location quotient 1.13
Pay rank
301st 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 $133,980.
- Taxes$3,217
- Rent$1,090
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$4,900
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $133,980
- Federal income tax
- −$21,402
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,249
- State income tax (VA)
- −$6,958
- Take-home pay
- $95,371
- Effective tax rate
- 28.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,090
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,048
Left over each month
$11,165 gross, minus $3,217 in tax and $3,048 in living costs.
$4,900
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Chambersburg, $6,016/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Roanoke?
$133,980 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 360 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Roanoke?
$4,900 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,090, and pay covers 10.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Chambersburg, about 218 miles away, leaves $6,016 a month, more than Roanoke.