Pharmacist · Tuscaloosa, AL
Pharmacist in Tuscaloosa: $4,907/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Tuscaloosa at $132,430 a year. About 320 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.44). The 10th percentile is $69,670 and the 90th is $155,680. Pay ranks 332nd-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 11.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($930/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,907 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jackson, about 194 miles away, at $5,873 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,907
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$132,430
$69,670 to $155,680
Rent (1 bd)
$930
$1,107 (2 bd)
Employment
320
Location quotient 1.44
Pay rank
332nd of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
11.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $132,430.
- Taxes$3,243
- Rent$930
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$4,907
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $132,430
- Federal income tax
- −$21,030
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,131
- State income tax (AL)
- −$6,432
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,324
- Take-home pay
- $93,513
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $930
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,886
Left over each month
$11,036 gross, minus $3,243 in tax and $2,886 in living costs.
$4,907
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jackson, $5,873/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Tuscaloosa?
$132,430 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 320 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Tuscaloosa?
$4,907 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $930, and pay covers 11.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Jackson, about 194 miles away, leaves $5,873 a month, more than Tuscaloosa.