Pharmacist · Watertown, NY
Pharmacist in Watertown: $5,271/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Watertown at $143,250 a year. About 80 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.00). The 10th percentile is $111,520 and the 90th is $174,860. Pay ranks 136th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,139/mo). New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,271 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 190 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,271
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$143,250
$111,520 to $174,860
Rent (1 bd)
$1,139
$1,356 (2 bd)
Employment
80
Location quotient 1.00
Pay rank
136th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $143,250.
- Taxes$3,511
- Rent$1,139
- Other living costs$2,016
- Left over$5,271
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $143,250
- Federal income tax
- −$23,627
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,959
- State income tax (NY)
- −$7,547
- Take-home pay
- $101,118
- Effective tax rate
- 29.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,139
- Groceries
- $397
- Getting around
- $577
- Healthcare
- $446
- Utilities and internet
- $248
- Everything else
- $347
- Total spending
- $3,155
Left over each month
$11,938 gross, minus $3,511 in tax and $3,155 in living costs.
$5,271
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 Watertown?
$143,250 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 80 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Watertown?
$5,271 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New York taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,139, and pay covers 10.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 190 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Watertown.