Physician · Little Rock, AR
Physician in Little Rock: $10,226/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Little Rock. Pay is estimated at $221,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Little Rock ranks 135th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 20.4× a year of one-bedroom rent ($906/mo). Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $10,226 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Memphis, about 147 miles away, at $10,538 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$10,226
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$221,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$906
$1,079 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
135th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
20.4×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $221,500.
- Taxes$5,491
- Rent$906
- Other living costs$1,835
- Left over$10,226
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $221,500
- Federal income tax
- −$43,143
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,323
- State income tax (AR)
- −$8,426
- Take-home pay
- $155,608
- Effective tax rate
- 29.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $906
- Groceries
- $357
- Getting around
- $540
- Healthcare
- $402
- Utilities and internet
- $223
- Everything else
- $313
- Total spending
- $2,741
Left over each month
$18,458 gross, minus $5,491 in tax and $2,741 in living costs.
$10,226
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Memphis, $10,538/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Little Rock?
$221,500 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 Little Rock?
$10,226 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Arkansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $906, and pay covers 20.4× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Memphis, about 147 miles away, leaves $10,538 a month, more than Little Rock.