Pharmacist · Winchester, VA
Pharmacist in Winchester: $4,742/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median pharmacist wage in Winchester at $135,850 a year. About 150 pharmacist jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.10). The 10th percentile is $103,340 and the 90th is $172,230. Pay ranks 261st-highest of 385 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 8.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,332/mo). Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $4,742 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Williamsport, about 161 miles away, at $6,088 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$4,742
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$135,850
$103,340 to $172,230
Rent (1 bd)
$1,332
$1,586 (2 bd)
Employment
150
Location quotient 1.10
Pay rank
261st of 385
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
8.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, pharmacist pay of $135,850.
- Taxes$3,276
- Rent$1,332
- Other living costs$1,971
- Left over$4,742
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $135,850
- Federal income tax
- −$21,851
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$10,393
- State income tax (VA)
- −$7,065
- Take-home pay
- $96,541
- Effective tax rate
- 28.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,332
- Groceries
- $388
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $436
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $339
- Total spending
- $3,303
Left over each month
$11,321 gross, minus $3,276 in tax and $3,303 in living costs.
$4,742
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 Winchester?
$135,850 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 150 pharmacist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a pharmacist in Winchester?
$4,742 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Virginia taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,332, and pay covers 8.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a pharmacist keep more?
Williamsport, about 161 miles away, leaves $6,088 a month, more than Winchester.