Pharmacist · Wausau, WI
Pharmacist in Wausau: $6,144/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Wausau at $148,740 a year. About 130 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.93). The 10th percentile is $110,320 and the 90th is $165,980. Pay ranks 97th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 16.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($748/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $6,144 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is La Crosse, about 106 miles away, at $6,555 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$6,144
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$148,740
$110,320 to $165,980
Rent (1 bd)
$748
$890 (2 bd)
Employment
130
Location quotient 0.93
Pay rank
97th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
16.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $148,740.
- Taxes$3,592
- Rent$748
- Other living costs$1,911
- Left over$6,144
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $148,740
- Federal income tax
- −$24,945
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,379
- State income tax (WI)
- −$6,786
- Take-home pay
- $105,631
- Effective tax rate
- 29.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $748
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,659
Left over each month
$12,395 gross, minus $3,592 in tax and $2,659 in living costs.
$6,144
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: La Crosse, $6,555/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Wausau?
$148,740 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 130 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Wausau?
$6,144 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $748, and pay covers 16.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
La Crosse, about 106 miles away, leaves $6,555 a month, more than Wausau.