Physician · Owensboro, KY
Physician in Owensboro: $9,460/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Owensboro. Pay is estimated at $215,000 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Owensboro ranks 193rd-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 19.5× a year of one-bedroom rent ($917/mo). Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $9,460 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 111 miles away, at $10,886 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$9,460
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$215,000
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$917
$1,092 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
193rd of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
19.5×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $215,000.
- Taxes$5,577
- Rent$917
- Other living costs$1,962
- Left over$9,460
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $215,000
- Federal income tax
- −$41,063
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,171
- State income tax (KY)
- −$8,469
- City / county wage tax
- −$3,225
- Take-home pay
- $148,072
- Effective tax rate
- 31.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $917
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $593
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,879
Left over each month
$17,917 gross, minus $5,577 in tax and $2,879 in living costs.
$9,460
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 Owensboro?
$215,000 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 Owensboro?
$9,460 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kentucky charges a 4.00% flat income tax, plus a 1.50% city wage tax Rent is $917, and pay covers 19.5× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Nashville, about 111 miles away, leaves $10,886 a month, more than Owensboro.