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Pharmacists salary in Huntington, WV

Median pay for pharmacists in Huntington, WV: $128,750/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $54,890 – $163,190 · about 520 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($135,000) by −$6,250 (-5%).

What it's really worth in Huntington

With Huntington's cost of living at 88 (US=100), that $128,750 has the buying power of about $146,129 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $55,964 · median home $166,506 · median rent $1,094/mo.

Full Huntington cost of living & taxes →

How Huntington ranks for this job

On raw pay, Huntington, WV is 168th of the 187 metros we hold pharmacists wages for. Once Huntington's cost of living is applied, it ranks 62nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Huntington is one of the places where pharmacists gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Huntington

A median home in Huntington, WV costs $166,506 — about 1.3× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,094/mo works out at 10% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where pharmacists earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Huntington.

MetroMedian payvs HuntingtonRent vs Huntington
San Jose, CA $190,570 +48% 3.3×
San Francisco, CA $180,420 +40%
Vallejo, CA $179,210 +39% 2.2×
Santa Rosa, CA $170,100 +32% 2.4×

Same job elsewhere in WV

MetroMedian payvs HuntingtonRent vs Huntington
Charleston, WV $131,220 +2% 1.2×

Staying in WV keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.