Physician · Elizabethtown, KY
Physician in Elizabethtown: $9,660/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Elizabethtown. Pay is estimated at $219,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Elizabethtown ranks 149th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 19.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($942/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 $9,660 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 118 miles away, at $10,886 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$9,660
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$219,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$942
$1,121 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
149th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
19.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $219,000.
- Taxes$5,710
- Rent$942
- Other living costs$1,938
- Left over$9,660
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $219,000
- Federal income tax
- −$42,343
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,265
- State income tax (KY)
- −$8,629
- City / county wage tax
- −$3,285
- Take-home pay
- $150,478
- Effective tax rate
- 31.3%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $942
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $569
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,880
Left over each month
$18,250 gross, minus $5,710 in tax and $2,880 in living costs.
$9,660
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 Elizabethtown?
$219,000 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 Elizabethtown?
$9,660 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 $942, and pay covers 19.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Nashville, about 118 miles away, leaves $10,886 a month, more than Elizabethtown.