Pharmacist · Wichita, KS
Pharmacist in Wichita: $5,690/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Wichita at $142,400 a year. About 580 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $107,230 and the 90th is $165,940. Pay ranks 144th-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 13.8× a year of one-bedroom rent ($857/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,690 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lincoln, about 221 miles away, at $6,083 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,690
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$142,400
$107,230 to $165,940
Rent (1 bd)
$857
$1,020 (2 bd)
Employment
580
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
144th of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
13.8×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $142,400.
- Taxes$3,498
- Rent$857
- Other living costs$1,822
- Left over$5,690
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $142,400
- Federal income tax
- −$23,423
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,894
- State income tax (KS)
- −$7,657
- Take-home pay
- $100,426
- Effective tax rate
- 29.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $857
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $543
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,679
Left over each month
$11,867 gross, minus $3,498 in tax and $2,679 in living costs.
$5,690
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 Wichita?
$142,400 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 580 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Wichita?
$5,690 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $857, and pay covers 13.8× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Lincoln, about 221 miles away, leaves $6,083 a month, more than Wichita.