Physician · Bowling Green, KY
Physician in Bowling Green: $8,288/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Bowling Green. Pay is estimated at $194,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Bowling Green ranks 363rd-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 17.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($948/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $8,288 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 69 miles away, at $10,886 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,288
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$194,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$948
$1,129 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
363rd of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
17.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $194,500.
- Taxes$5,019
- Rent$948
- Other living costs$1,953
- Left over$8,288
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $194,500
- Federal income tax
- −$35,927
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,738
- State income tax (KY)
- −$7,649
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,918
- Take-home pay
- $134,268
- Effective tax rate
- 31.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $948
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $584
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,901
Left over each month
$16,208 gross, minus $5,019 in tax and $2,901 in living costs.
$8,288
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 Bowling Green?
$194,500 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 Bowling Green?
$8,288 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $948, and pay covers 17.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Nashville, about 69 miles away, leaves $10,886 a month, more than Bowling Green.