Pharmacist · Scranton, PA
Pharmacist in Scranton: $4,800/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Scranton at $130,950 a year. About 570 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.08). The 10th percentile is $108,010 and the 90th is $153,290. Pay ranks 353rd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,070/mo). Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,800 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 60 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,800
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$130,950
$108,010 to $153,290
Rent (1 bd)
$1,070
$1,274 (2 bd)
Employment
570
Location quotient 1.08
Pay rank
353rd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $130,950.
- Taxes$3,002
- Rent$1,070
- Other living costs$2,041
- Left over$4,800
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $130,950
- Federal income tax
- −$20,675
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,018
- State income tax (PA)
- −$4,020
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,310
- Take-home pay
- $94,928
- Effective tax rate
- 27.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,070
- Groceries
- $401
- Getting around
- $586
- Healthcare
- $451
- Utilities and internet
- $251
- Everything else
- $351
- Total spending
- $3,111
Left over each month
$10,913 gross, minus $3,002 in tax and $3,111 in living costs.
$4,800
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 Scranton?
$130,950 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 570 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Scranton?
$4,800 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Pennsylvania charges a 3.07% flat income tax, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,070, and pay covers 10.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 60 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Scranton.