Physician · Dover, DE
Physician in Dover: $8,961/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Dover. Pay is estimated at $216,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Dover ranks 184th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 13.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,336/mo). Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $8,961 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Lexington Park, about 77 miles away, at $12,155 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,961
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$216,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,336
$1,591 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
184th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
13.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $216,000.
- Taxes$5,721
- Rent$1,336
- Other living costs$1,982
- Left over$8,961
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $216,000
- Federal income tax
- −$41,383
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,194
- State income tax (DE)
- −$13,069
- Take-home pay
- $147,354
- Effective tax rate
- 31.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,336
- Groceries
- $387
- Getting around
- $580
- Healthcare
- $435
- Utilities and internet
- $242
- Everything else
- $338
- Total spending
- $3,318
Left over each month
$18,000 gross, minus $5,721 in tax and $3,318 in living costs.
$8,961
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Lexington Park, $12,155/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Dover?
$216,000 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 Dover?
$8,961 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Delaware taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,336, and pay covers 13.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Lexington Park, about 77 miles away, leaves $12,155 a month, more than Dover.