Physical therapist · Michigan City, IN
Physical therapist in Michigan City: $3,291/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median physical therapist wage in Michigan City at $98,420 a year. About 50 physical therapist jobs are in the metro. The job is a smaller share of local employment than nationwide (location quotient 0.69). The 10th percentile is $78,710 and the 90th is $116,850. Pay ranks 270th-highest of 384 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.7× a year of one-bedroom rent ($845/mo). Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $3,291 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Decatur, about 165 miles away, at $4,898 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$3,291
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$98,420
$78,710 to $116,850
Rent (1 bd)
$845
$1,006 (2 bd)
Employment
50
Location quotient 0.69
Pay rank
270th of 384
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.7×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physical therapist pay of $98,420.
- Taxes$2,100
- Rent$845
- Other living costs$1,966
- Left over$3,291
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $98,420
- Federal income tax
- −$13,266
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$7,529
- State income tax (IN)
- −$2,923
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,476
- Take-home pay
- $73,226
- Effective tax rate
- 25.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $845
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $594
- Healthcare
- $426
- Utilities and internet
- $237
- Everything else
- $331
- Total spending
- $2,811
Left over each month
$8,202 gross, minus $2,100 in tax and $2,811 in living costs.
$3,291
Rank every metro for a physical therapist
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Decatur, $4,898/mo.
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Questions
What does a physical therapist make in Michigan City?
$98,420 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 Michigan City?
$3,291 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Indiana charges a 3.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $845, and pay covers 9.7× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physical therapist keep more?
Decatur, about 165 miles away, leaves $4,898 a month, more than Michigan City.