Pharmacist · Spartanburg, SC
Pharmacist in Spartanburg: $5,850/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Spartanburg at $153,610 a year. About 480 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.39). The 10th percentile is $85,990 and the 90th is $171,380. Pay ranks 68th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,141/mo). South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,850 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Florence, about 125 miles away, at $5,861 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,850
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$153,610
$85,990 to $171,380
Rent (1 bd)
$1,141
$1,358 (2 bd)
Employment
480
Location quotient 1.39
Pay rank
68th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $153,610.
- Taxes$3,817
- Rent$1,141
- Other living costs$1,993
- Left over$5,850
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $153,610
- Federal income tax
- −$26,113
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,751
- State income tax (SC)
- −$7,941
- Take-home pay
- $107,804
- Effective tax rate
- 29.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,141
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $601
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $3,134
Left over each month
$12,801 gross, minus $3,817 in tax and $3,134 in living costs.
$5,850
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Florence, $5,861/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Spartanburg?
$153,610 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 480 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Spartanburg?
$5,850 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. South Carolina taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,141, and pay covers 11.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Florence, about 125 miles away, leaves $5,861 a month, more than Spartanburg.