Pharmacist · San Diego, CA
Pharmacist in San Diego: $4,756/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in San Diego at $165,130 a year. About 2,840 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.89). The 10th percentile is $131,400 and the 90th is $214,480. Pay ranks 20th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,292/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,756 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Yuma, about 167 miles away, at $6,870 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
After tax and rent
$4,756
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$165,130
$131,400 to $214,480
Rent (1 bd)
$2,292
$2,728 (2 bd)
Employment
2,840
Location quotient 0.89
Pay rank
20th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $165,130.
- Taxes$4,365
- Rent$2,292
- Other$2,348
- Left$4,756
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $165,130
- Federal income tax
- −$28,365
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,632
- State income tax (CA)
- −$11,384
- Take-home pay
- $112,748
- Effective tax rate
- 31.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,292
- Groceries
- $468
- Getting around
- $650
- Healthcare
- $527
- Utilities and internet
- $293
- Everything else
- $410
- Total spending
- $4,640
After tax and rent
$4,756 left/mo
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Yuma, $6,870/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in San Diego?
$165,130 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 2,840 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in San Diego?
$4,756 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,292, and pay covers 6.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Yuma, about 167 miles away, leaves $6,870 a month, more than San Diego.