Pharmacist · Saginaw, MI
Pharmacist in Saginaw: $5,716/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Saginaw at $144,470 a year. About 160 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.96). The 10th percentile is $101,640 and the 90th is $164,740. Pay ranks 122nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 14.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($856/mo). Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,716 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 75 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,716
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$144,470
$101,640 to $164,740
Rent (1 bd)
$856
$1,019 (2 bd)
Employment
160
Location quotient 0.96
Pay rank
122nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
14.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $144,470.
- Taxes$3,527
- Rent$856
- Other living costs$1,941
- Left over$5,716
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $144,470
- Federal income tax
- −$23,920
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,052
- State income tax (MI)
- −$5,902
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,445
- Take-home pay
- $102,152
- Effective tax rate
- 29.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $856
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $573
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,797
Left over each month
$12,039 gross, minus $3,527 in tax and $2,797 in living costs.
$5,716
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 Saginaw?
$144,470 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 160 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Saginaw?
$5,716 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Michigan charges a 4.25% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $856, and pay covers 14.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 75 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Saginaw.