Physician · Lawrence, KS
Physician in Lawrence: $8,310/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Lawrence. Pay is estimated at $191,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Lawrence ranks 367th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 16.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($986/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $8,310 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Des Moines, about 202 miles away, at $10,598 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,310
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$191,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$986
$1,174 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
367th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
16.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $191,500.
- Taxes$4,942
- Rent$986
- Other living costs$1,721
- Left over$8,310
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $191,500
- Federal income tax
- −$35,207
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,695
- State income tax (KS)
- −$10,397
- Take-home pay
- $132,201
- Effective tax rate
- 31.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $986
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $442
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,707
Left over each month
$15,958 gross, minus $4,942 in tax and $2,707 in living costs.
$8,310
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Des Moines, $10,598/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Lawrence?
$191,500 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 Lawrence?
$8,310 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $986, and pay covers 16.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Des Moines, about 202 miles away, leaves $10,598 a month, more than Lawrence.