Physician · Auburn, AL
Physician in Auburn: $8,111/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Auburn. Pay is estimated at $197,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Auburn ranks 345th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 13.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,224/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 $8,111 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Huntsville, about 173 miles away, at $10,603 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,111
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$197,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,224
$1,457 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
345th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
13.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $197,000.
- Taxes$5,161
- Rent$1,224
- Other living costs$1,921
- Left over$8,111
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $197,000
- Federal income tax
- −$36,527
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,775
- State income tax (AL)
- −$9,660
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,970
- Take-home pay
- $135,068
- Effective tax rate
- 31.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,224
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $557
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,145
Left over each month
$16,417 gross, minus $5,161 in tax and $3,145 in living costs.
$8,111
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Huntsville, $10,603/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Auburn?
$197,000 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 Auburn?
$8,111 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 $1,224, and pay covers 13.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Huntsville, about 173 miles away, leaves $10,603 a month, more than Auburn.