Pharmacist · Stockton, CA
Pharmacist in Stockton: $5,331/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Stockton at $162,440 a year. About 530 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.88). The 10th percentile is $99,360 and the 90th is $210,420. Pay ranks 30th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,674/mo). California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,331 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Carson City, about 118 miles away, at $6,978 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,331
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$162,440
$99,360 to $210,420
Rent (1 bd)
$1,674
$1,993 (2 bd)
Employment
530
Location quotient 0.88
Pay rank
30th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $162,440.
- Taxes$4,316
- Rent$1,674
- Other living costs$2,216
- Left over$5,331
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $162,440
- Federal income tax
- −$28,233
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$12,427
- State income tax (CA)
- −$11,134
- Take-home pay
- $110,647
- Effective tax rate
- 31.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,674
- Groceries
- $433
- Getting around
- $646
- Healthcare
- $487
- Utilities and internet
- $271
- Everything else
- $379
- Total spending
- $3,890
Left over each month
$13,537 gross, minus $4,316 in tax and $3,890 in living costs.
$5,331
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 Stockton?
$162,440 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 530 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Stockton?
$5,331 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. California taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,674, and pay covers 8.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Carson City, about 118 miles away, leaves $6,978 a month, more than Stockton.