Pharmacist · Santa Rosa, CA
Pharmacist in Santa Rosa: $5,377/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Santa Rosa at $170,570 a year. About 330 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 $138,320 and the 90th is $218,160. Pay ranks 10th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 6.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($2,100/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,377 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 176 miles away, at $6,978 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,377
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$170,570
$138,320 to $218,160
Rent (1 bd)
$2,100
$2,500 (2 bd)
Employment
330
Location quotient 0.78
Pay rank
10th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
6.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $170,570.
- Taxes$4,594
- Rent$2,100
- Other living costs$2,144
- Left over$5,377
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $170,570
- Federal income tax
- −$30,184
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,049
- State income tax (CA)
- −$11,890
- Take-home pay
- $115,447
- Effective tax rate
- 32.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $2,100
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $574
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $4,244
Left over each month
$14,214 gross, minus $4,594 in tax and $4,244 in living costs.
$5,377
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Carson City, $6,978/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Santa Rosa?
$170,570 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 330 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Santa Rosa?
$5,377 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $2,100, and pay covers 6.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Carson City, about 176 miles away, leaves $6,978 a month, more than Santa Rosa.