Physician · Birmingham, AL
Physician in Birmingham: $9,525/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Birmingham. Pay is estimated at $220,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Birmingham ranks 144th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 16.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,106/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 $9,525 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 181 miles away, at $10,886 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$9,525
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$220,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,106
$1,317 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
144th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
16.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $220,000.
- Taxes$5,830
- Rent$1,106
- Other living costs$1,872
- Left over$9,525
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $220,000
- Federal income tax
- −$42,663
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,288
- State income tax (AL)
- −$10,810
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,200
- Take-home pay
- $150,039
- Effective tax rate
- 31.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,106
- Groceries
- $364
- Getting around
- $553
- Healthcare
- $410
- Utilities and internet
- $228
- Everything else
- $319
- Total spending
- $2,978
Left over each month
$18,333 gross, minus $5,830 in tax and $2,978 in living costs.
$9,525
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Nashville, $10,886/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Birmingham?
$220,000 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 Birmingham?
$9,525 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 $1,106, and pay covers 16.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Nashville, about 181 miles away, leaves $10,886 a month, more than Birmingham.