Physician · Albuquerque, NM
Physician in Albuquerque: $9,537/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Albuquerque. Pay is estimated at $215,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Albuquerque ranks 185th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 16.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,119/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $9,537 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Pueblo, about 237 miles away, at $9,741 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$9,537
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$215,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,119
$1,332 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
185th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
16.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $215,500.
- Taxes$5,392
- Rent$1,119
- Other living costs$1,910
- Left over$9,537
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $215,500
- Federal income tax
- −$41,223
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,182
- State income tax (NM)
- −$9,302
- Take-home pay
- $150,792
- Effective tax rate
- 30.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,119
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $547
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,029
Left over each month
$17,958 gross, minus $5,392 in tax and $3,029 in living costs.
$9,537
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Pueblo, $9,741/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Albuquerque?
$215,500 a year. That figure is the an estimate, because BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median.
What is left after tax and rent for a physician in Albuquerque?
$9,537 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,119, and pay covers 16.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Pueblo, about 237 miles away, leaves $9,741 a month, more than Albuquerque.