Physician · Topeka, KS
Physician in Topeka: $9,889/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Topeka. Pay is estimated at $222,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Topeka ranks 130th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 18.1× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,022/mo). Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $9,889 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Des Moines, about 206 miles away, at $10,598 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$9,889
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$222,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$1,022
$1,217 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
130th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
18.1×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $222,500.
- Taxes$5,828
- Rent$1,022
- Other living costs$1,803
- Left over$9,889
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $222,500
- Federal income tax
- −$43,463
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,347
- State income tax (KS)
- −$12,127
- Take-home pay
- $152,563
- Effective tax rate
- 31.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,022
- Groceries
- $353
- Getting around
- $524
- Healthcare
- $397
- Utilities and internet
- $221
- Everything else
- $309
- Total spending
- $2,825
Left over each month
$18,542 gross, minus $5,828 in tax and $2,825 in living costs.
$9,889
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Des Moines, $10,598/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Topeka?
$222,500 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 Topeka?
$9,889 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Kansas taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $1,022, and pay covers 18.1× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Des Moines, about 206 miles away, leaves $10,598 a month, more than Topeka.