Physician · Dothan, AL
Physician in Dothan: $8,787/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Dothan. Pay is estimated at $202,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Dothan ranks 298th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 20.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($825/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 $8,787 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Jacksonville, about 231 miles away, at $10,775 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,787
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$202,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$825
$982 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
298th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
20.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $202,500.
- Taxes$5,307
- Rent$825
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$8,787
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $202,500
- Federal income tax
- −$37,847
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,877
- State income tax (AL)
- −$9,935
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,025
- Take-home pay
- $138,816
- Effective tax rate
- 31.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $825
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,781
Left over each month
$16,875 gross, minus $5,307 in tax and $2,781 in living costs.
$8,787
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Jacksonville, $10,775/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Dothan?
$202,500 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 Dothan?
$8,787 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 $825, and pay covers 20.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Jacksonville, about 231 miles away, leaves $10,775 a month, more than Dothan.