Pharmacist · Salisbury, MD
Pharmacist in Salisbury: $4,215/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Salisbury at $133,480 a year. About 130 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.17). The 10th percentile is $99,130 and the 90th is $159,250. Pay ranks 313th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,433/mo). Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,215 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 228 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,215
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$133,480
$99,130 to $159,250
Rent (1 bd)
$1,433
$1,706 (2 bd)
Employment
130
Location quotient 1.17
Pay rank
313th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $133,480.
- Taxes$3,480
- Rent$1,433
- Other living costs$1,996
- Left over$4,215
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $133,480
- Federal income tax
- −$21,282
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,211
- State income tax (MD)
- −$6,259
- City / county wage tax
- −$4,004
- Take-home pay
- $91,723
- Effective tax rate
- 31.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,433
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $588
- Healthcare
- $437
- Utilities and internet
- $243
- Everything else
- $340
- Total spending
- $3,429
Left over each month
$11,123 gross, minus $3,480 in tax and $3,429 in living costs.
$4,215
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 Salisbury?
$133,480 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 130 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Salisbury?
$4,215 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Maryland taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 3.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,433, and pay covers 7.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 228 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Salisbury.