Physician · Wausau, WI
Physician in Wausau: $10,526/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 did not publish a metro or state median for a physician in Wausau. Pay is estimated at $229,500 from the national median and this metro's overall wage level. On the pay used here, Wausau ranks 97th-highest of 387 metros. Pay is 25.6× a year of one-bedroom rent ($748/mo). Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $10,526 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Appleton, about 80 miles away, at $11,028 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$10,526
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$229,500
Estimated
Rent (1 bd)
$748
$890 (2 bd)
Employment
Not published
Pay rank
97th of 387
Includes estimated pay
Pay vs rent
25.6×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, physician pay of $229,500.
- Taxes$5,940
- Rent$748
- Other living costs$1,911
- Left over$10,526
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $229,500
- Federal income tax
- −$45,703
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$14,511
- State income tax (WI)
- −$11,066
- Take-home pay
- $158,220
- Effective tax rate
- 31.1%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $748
- Groceries
- $378
- Getting around
- $542
- Healthcare
- $425
- Utilities and internet
- $236
- Everything else
- $330
- Total spending
- $2,659
Left over each month
$19,125 gross, minus $5,940 in tax and $2,659 in living costs.
$10,526
Rank every metro for a physician
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Appleton, $11,028/mo.
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Questions
What does a physician make in Wausau?
$229,500 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 Wausau?
$10,526 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Wisconsin taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $748, and pay covers 25.6× a year of it.
Where nearby would a physician keep more?
Appleton, about 80 miles away, leaves $11,028 a month, more than Wausau.