Pharmacist · Topeka, KS
Pharmacist in Topeka: $5,461/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Topeka at $140,820 a year. About 280 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.15). The 10th percentile is $74,420 and the 90th is $169,310. Pay ranks 167th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,022/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,461 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lincoln, about 135 miles away, at $6,083 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,461
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$140,820
$74,420 to $169,310
Rent (1 bd)
$1,022
$1,217 (2 bd)
Employment
280
Location quotient 1.15
Pay rank
167th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $140,820.
- Taxes$3,449
- Rent$1,022
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$5,461
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $140,820
- Federal income tax
- −$23,044
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,773
- State income tax (KS)
- −$7,569
- Take-home pay
- $99,434
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,022
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$11,735 gross, minus $3,449 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$5,461
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lincoln, $6,083/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Topeka?
$140,820 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 280 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Topeka?
$5,461 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,022, and pay covers 11.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Lincoln, about 135 miles away, leaves $6,083 a month, more than Topeka.