Physicians, All Other Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $222K, rent takes 8.4% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,066/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new physicians, all others typically earn — is $68K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,065/month. At HUD’s $1,066/month FMR, rent would take 26% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Local pay runs 17% below the national median — $222K here vs. $266K nationally. Cost of living is 10% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Kansas pays $222K median vs. the U.S. average of $266K — that’s -17%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.54), the purchasing-power equivalent is $247K — below the national median.

The median is $221,540 a year, that works out to about $107 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $67,750, and experienced physicians, all others can clear $451,910. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $12,674/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,066/month, which eats 8.4% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Kansas has a Regional Price Parity of 89.54 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median physicians, all other salary is worth about $247,420 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.