Pediatrician salary
Open pediatrician jobs post a median of $141.25 an hour, with the middle half paying $116.75–$152.25: about $293,800 a year full time. Measured from 18 jobs at 14 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.
The jobs themselves: Pediatrician jobs · A specialty of physician pay
What pediatricians are paid
Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 14 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $141.25. 3% of the 577 open pediatrician jobs state an hourly rate. 2 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.
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Pediatrician pay by employer
What each employer posts for pediatricians, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.
Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.
Pediatrician jobs that state a yearly salary
Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.
81 open jobs from 48 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $252,500, the middle half $226,300 to $293,800, from $12,000 to $708,168 posted.
Best-paid open pediatrician jobs
The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Ascension · Hoffman Estates, IL· 3w ago
$194/hr
Supplemental Pediatric Hospitalist
Mayo Clinic · Mankato, MN· 3w ago
$169.86/hr
MultiCare Health System · Tacoma, WA· 2w ago
$159.79/hr
Physician - Casual Neonatologist - Edina, MN
Fairview Health Services · Edina, MN· 2d ago
$152.93/hr
Physician - Casual Neonatologist - Maplewood, MN
Fairview Health Services · Maplewood, MN· 2d ago
$152.93/hr
Neonatologist - Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank)
Cedars-Sinai · Los Angeles, CA· 1y+ ago
$150/hr
Neonatologist - Torrance Memorial Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai · Los Angeles, CA· 1y+ ago
$150/hr
Moonlighter Pediatric Hospitalist
Endeavor Health · Naperville and Elmhurst, IL· 4mo ago
$150/hr
Per-Diem Pediatric Hospitalist- Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
Atlantic Health · Morristown and Summit, NJ· 6mo ago
$145/hr
Pediatrician — Sign On Bonus $15,000
GoHealth Urgent Care · East Northport, Hewlett and 1 more, NY· 3w ago
$125–$150/hr
Pediatric Urgent Care Pediatrician
PM Pediatric Care · Rockville, MD· 3w ago
$115–$150/hr
Per Diem Pediatric Urgent Care Physician/PEM
PM Pediatric Care · West Hartford, CT· 1mo ago
$115–$150/hr
Every open job: Pediatrician jobs
What BLS measures
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.
| BLS occupation | 10th pct | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | 90th pct | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatricians, General (29-1221) | $43.98 (source: BLS OEWS, Pediatricians, General, opens in a new tab) | $66.49 (source: BLS OEWS, Pediatricians, General, opens in a new tab) | $100.98 (source: BLS OEWS, Pediatricians, General, opens in a new tab) | $131.59 (source: BLS OEWS, Pediatricians, General, opens in a new tab) | $162.74 (source: BLS OEWS, Pediatricians, General, opens in a new tab) | 39,390 (source: BLS OEWS, Pediatricians, General, opens in a new tab) |
The posted median ($141.25) is $40.27 above the BLS median ($100.98 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Pediatricians, General, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.
Pediatrician salary: common questions
How much does a pediatrician make an hour?
Open pediatrician jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $141.25, with the middle half between $116.75–$152.25 (18 jobs from 14 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $100.98/hr ($210,040 a year) for pediatricians, general in May 2025.
How much does a pediatrician make a year?
At the posted median of $141.25 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $293,800, and the middle half to $242,800 to $316,700. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 81 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $252,500.
Where do these figures come from?
From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 18 of 577 open pediatrician jobs (3%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.
More pay by job: Doctors
- Physician salarymedian posted $180.50/hr
- Hospitalist salarymedian posted $175/hr
- Primary care physician salarymedian posted $138.50/hr
- Family medicine physician salarymedian posted $159.75/hr
- Emergency medicine physician salarymedian posted $239.25/hr
- Psychiatrist salarymedian posted $170/hr
- Anesthesiologist salarymedian posted $280/hr
- Obstetrician-gynecologist salarymedian posted $190.50/hr
- Pathologist salarymedian posted $60/hr
- Radiologist salarymedian posted $80/hr
- Surgeon salarymedian posted $220.75/hr
- Oncologist salarymedian posted $52.25/hr
Sources and method
- CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Pediatricians, General (SOC 29-1221), published May 15, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Pediatricians, General by state, published May 15, 2026
- BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Pediatricians, General (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). Pediatrician salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/pediatrician