Physician · Louisville, KY
Physician in Louisville: $9,783/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Louisville. Pay is estimated at $225,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Louisville ranks 118th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 17.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,047/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $9,783 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 158 miles away, at $10,886 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$9,783
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$225,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,047
$1,247 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
118th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
17.9×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $225,000.
- Taxes$6,041
- Rent$1,047
- Other living costs$1,879
- Left over$9,783
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $225,000
- Federal income tax
- −$44,263
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,406
- State income tax (KY)
- −$8,869
- City / county wage tax
- −$4,950
- Take-home pay
- $152,512
- Effective tax rate
- 32.2%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,047
- Groceries
- $368
- Getting around
- $545
- Healthcare
- $414
- Utilities and internet
- $230
- Everything else
- $322
- Total spending
- $2,926
Left over each month
$18,750 gross, minus $6,041 in tax and $2,926 in living costs.
$9,783
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 Louisville?
$225,000 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 Louisville?
$9,783 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 2.20% city wage tax Rent is $1,047, and pay covers 17.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Nashville, about 158 miles away, leaves $10,886 a month, more than Louisville.