Physician · Boston, MA

Physician take-home pay in Boston: $10,819 left over a month

A local physician wage of about $277,500 in Boston, MA, after Massachusetts tax and a one-bedroom rent of $2,619. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.

Left over monthly

$10,819

Local pay (annual)

$277,500

$15,565 take-home a month

One-bedroom rent

$2,619

$3,118 for a two-bedroom

Where the money goes

One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a physician.

  • Taxes$7,560
  • Rent$2,619
  • Other living costs$2,127
  • Left over$10,819

Pay and tax, per year

Gross household pay
$277,500
Federal income tax
−$61,422
Social Security and Medicare
−$15,639
State income tax (MA)
−$13,655
Take-home pay
$186,783
Effective tax rate
32.7%

Living costs, per month

Rent, 1br
$2,619
Groceries
$464
Getting around
$445
Healthcare
$522
Utilities and internet
$290
Everything else
$406
Total spending
$4,746

Left over each month

$23,125 gross, minus $7,560 in tax and $4,746 in living costs.

$10,819

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Questions

What is physician take-home pay in Boston?

On a local physician wage of about $277,500, leftover after Massachusetts tax and a one-bedroom rent of $2,619 is about $10,819 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.

Does Boston tax a physician paycheck?

Boston is in Massachusetts, which taxes wage income.

How does Boston compare for a physician?

Open the Boston paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same physician household.