Physician · Anchorage, AK
Physician in Anchorage: $11,545/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Anchorage. Pay is estimated at $250,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Anchorage ranks 24th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 15.0× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,392/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $11,545 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Fairbanks is the strongest other metro for this job ($11,046 left over a month), and Anchorage still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$11,545
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$250,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,392
$1,657 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
24th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
15.0×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $250,000.
- Taxes$5,605
- Rent$1,392
- Other living costs$2,292
- Left over$11,545
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $250,000
- Federal income tax
- −$52,263
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,993
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $182,744
- Effective tax rate
- 26.9%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,392
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $636
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,684
Left over each month
$20,833 gross, minus $5,605 in tax and $3,684 in living costs.
$11,545
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fairbanks, $11,046/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Anchorage?
$250,000 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 Anchorage?
$11,545 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,392, and pay covers 15.0× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Anchorage leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Fairbanks at $11,046 a month.