Physician · Montgomery, AL
Physician in Montgomery: $8,914/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Montgomery. Pay is estimated at $210,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Montgomery ranks 235th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 15.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,121/mo). Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $8,914 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Slidell, about 249 miles away, at $10,766 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,914
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$210,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,121
$1,335 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
235th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
15.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $210,000.
- Taxes$5,509
- Rent$1,121
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$8,914
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $210,000
- Federal income tax
- −$39,647
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,053
- State income tax (AL)
- −$10,310
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,100
- Take-home pay
- $143,890
- Effective tax rate
- 31.5%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,121
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $3,077
Left over each month
$17,500 gross, minus $5,509 in tax and $3,077 in living costs.
$8,914
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Slidell, $10,766/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Montgomery?
$210,000 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 Montgomery?
$8,914 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alabama taxes wage income on a bracket schedule, plus a 1.00% city wage tax Rent is $1,121, and pay covers 15.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Slidell, about 249 miles away, leaves $10,766 a month, more than Montgomery.