Physician · Decatur, AL
Physician in Decatur: $9,066/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Decatur. Pay is estimated at $206,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Decatur ranks 259th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 22.3× a year of one-bedroom rent ($772/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 $9,066 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 112 miles away, at $10,886 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$9,066
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$206,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$772
$919 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
259th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
22.3×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $206,500.
- Taxes$5,415
- Rent$772
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$9,066
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $206,500
- Federal income tax
- −$38,807
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,971
- State income tax (AL)
- −$10,135
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,065
- Take-home pay
- $141,522
- Effective tax rate
- 31.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $772
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,728
Left over each month
$17,208 gross, minus $5,415 in tax and $2,728 in living costs.
$9,066
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 Decatur?
$206,500 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 Decatur?
$9,066 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 $772, and pay covers 22.3× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Nashville, about 112 miles away, leaves $10,886 a month, more than Decatur.