Pharmacist · Salem, OR
Pharmacist in Salem: $5,870/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Salem at $169,210 a year. About 300 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.78). The 10th percentile is $129,900 and the 90th is $200,000. Pay ranks 12th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,270/mo). Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,870 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Longview, about 90 miles away, at $7,405 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,870
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$169,210
$129,900 to $200,000
Rent (1 bd)
$1,270
$1,512 (2 bd)
Employment
300
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
12th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $169,210.
- Taxes$4,795
- Rent$1,270
- Other living costs$2,166
- Left over$5,870
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $169,210
- Federal income tax
- −$29,857
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,945
- State income tax (OR)
- −$14,742
- Take-home pay
- $111,667
- Effective tax rate
- 34.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,270
- Groceries
- $434
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $488
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $380
- Total spending
- $3,436
Left over each month
$14,101 gross, minus $4,795 in tax and $3,436 in living costs.
$5,870
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Longview, $7,405/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Salem?
$169,210 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 300 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Salem?
$5,870 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Oregon taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,270, and pay covers 11.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Longview, about 90 miles away, leaves $7,405 a month, more than Salem.