Physical therapist · Decatur, AL
Physical therapist in Decatur: $3,220/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median physical therapist wage in Decatur at $97,600 a year. About 50 physical therapist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.50). The 10th percentile is $74,700 and the 90th is $131,190. Pay ranks 297th-highest of 384 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 10.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($772/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,220 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Gadsden, about 68 miles away, at $3,936 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,220
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$97,600
$74,700 to $131,190
Rent (1 bd)
$772
$919 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.50
Pay rank
297th of 384
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
10.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physical therapist pay of $97,600.
- Taxes$2,185
- Rent$772
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$3,220
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $97,600
- Federal income tax
- −$13,086
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,466
- State income tax (AL)
- −$4,690
- City / county wage tax
- −$976
- Take-home pay
- $71,382
- Effective tax rate
- 26.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $772
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,728
Left over each month
$8,133 gross, minus $2,185 in tax and $2,728 in living costs.
$3,220
Rank every metro for a physical therapist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Gadsden, $3,936/mo.
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Questions
What does a physical therapist make in Decatur?
$97,600 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 50 physical therapist jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a physical therapist in Decatur?
$3,220 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $772, and pay covers 10.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physical therapist keep more?
Gadsden, about 68 miles away, leaves $3,936 a month, more than Decatur.