Physician · Philadelphia, PA
Physician take-home pay in Philadelphia: $10,321 left over a month
A local physician wage of about $249,000 in Philadelphia, PA, after Pennsylvania tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,541. Leftover is take-home minus modelled monthly costs — not a cost-of-living index.
Left over monthly
$10,321
Local pay (annual)
$249,000
$13,759 take-home a month
One-bedroom rent
$1,541
$1,835 for a two-bedroom
Where the money goes
One adult, renting a one-bedroom, paid locally as a physician.
- Taxes$6,991
- Rent$1,541
- Other living costs$1,897
- Left over$10,321
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $249,000
- Federal income tax
- −$51,943
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,970
- State income tax (PA)
- −$7,644
- City / county wage tax
- −$9,338
- Take-home pay
- $165,106
- Effective tax rate
- 33.7%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,541
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $418
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,438
Left over each month
$20,750 gross, minus $6,991 in tax and $3,438 in living costs.
$10,321
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Questions
What is physician take-home pay in Philadelphia?
On a local physician wage of about $249,000, leftover after Pennsylvania tax and a one-bedroom rent of $1,541 is about $10,321 a month. Change the household on the rankings page to size it to you.
Does Philadelphia tax a physician paycheck?
Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 3.75%.
How does Philadelphia compare for a physician?
Open the Philadelphia paycheck page or rank all 387 metros for this job. Head-to-head comparisons apply both tax codes to the same physician household.