Pharmacist · Weirton, WV
Pharmacist in Weirton: $5,237/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Weirton at $129,630 a year. About 130 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is a larger share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 1.80). The 10th percentile is $97,050 and the 90th is $152,550. Pay ranks 368th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 18.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($594/mo). West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,237 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Ann Arbor, about 208 miles away, at $6,408 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,237
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$129,630
$97,050 to $152,550
Rent (1 bd)
$594
$707 (2 bd)
Employment
130
Location quotient 1.80
Pay rank
368th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
18.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $129,630.
- Taxes$2,974
- Rent$594
- Other living costs$1,998
- Left over$5,237
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $129,630
- Federal income tax
- −$20,358
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$9,917
- State income tax (WV)
- −$5,410
- Take-home pay
- $93,945
- Effective tax rate
- 27.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $594
- Groceries
- $390
- Getting around
- $583
- Healthcare
- $439
- Utilities and internet
- $244
- Everything else
- $342
- Total spending
- $2,592
Left over each month
$10,803 gross, minus $2,974 in tax and $2,592 in living costs.
$5,237
Rank every metro for a pharmacist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Ann Arbor, $6,408/mo.
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Questions
What does a pharmacist make in Weirton?
$129,630 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 Weirton?
$5,237 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. West Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $594, and pay covers 18.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Ann Arbor, about 208 miles away, leaves $6,408 a month, more than Weirton.