Physician · Tuscaloosa, AL
Physician in Tuscaloosa: $8,513/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Tuscaloosa. Pay is estimated at $199,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Tuscaloosa ranks 332nd-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 17.9× a year of one-bedroom rent ($930/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 $8,513 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Nashville, about 215 miles away, at $10,886 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$8,513
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$199,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$930
$1,107 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
332nd 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 $199,500.
- Taxes$5,226
- Rent$930
- Other living costs$1,956
- Left over$8,513
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $199,500
- Federal income tax
- −$37,127
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$13,811
- State income tax (AL)
- −$9,785
- City / county wage tax
- −$1,995
- Take-home pay
- $136,782
- Effective tax rate
- 31.4%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $930
- Groceries
- $376
- Getting around
- $591
- Healthcare
- $423
- Utilities and internet
- $235
- Everything else
- $329
- Total spending
- $2,886
Left over each month
$16,625 gross, minus $5,226 in tax and $2,886 in living costs.
$8,513
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 Tuscaloosa?
$199,500 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 Tuscaloosa?
$8,513 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 $930, and pay covers 17.9× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Nashville, about 215 miles away, leaves $10,886 a month, more than Tuscaloosa.