Physician · Las Cruces, NM
Physician in Las Cruces: $8,328/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Las Cruces. Pay is estimated at $190,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Las Cruces ranks 372nd-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 18.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($862/mo). New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $8,328 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is El Paso, about 96 miles away, at $9,801 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,328
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$190,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$862
$1,026 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
372nd of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
18.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $190,500.
- Taxes$4,727
- Rent$862
- Other living costs$1,958
- Left over$8,328
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $190,500
- Federal income tax
- −$34,967
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,680
- State income tax (NM)
- −$8,077
- Take-home pay
- $133,775
- Effective tax rate
- 29.8%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $862
- Groceries
- $384
- Getting around
- $566
- Healthcare
- $432
- Utilities and internet
- $240
- Everything else
- $336
- Total spending
- $2,820
Left over each month
$15,875 gross, minus $4,727 in tax and $2,820 in living costs.
$8,328
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: El Paso, $9,801/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Las Cruces?
$190,500 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 Las Cruces?
$8,328 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. New Mexico taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $862, and pay covers 18.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
El Paso, about 96 miles away, leaves $9,801 a month, more than Las Cruces.