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Physician salary

Open physician jobs post a median of $180.50 an hour, with the middle half paying $139.50–$238.75: about $375,400 a year full time. Measured from 437 jobs at 118 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$180.50
Median posted /hr
$140–$239
Middle half /hr
$375,400
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$127.85
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Physician jobs

What physicians 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 hourly rates of 437 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $41.79, the highest $400.

Posted on open jobs

$139.50–$238.75/hr

Middle half of 280 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $180.50. 3% of the 14,223 open physician jobs state an hourly rate. 68 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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Physician pay by employer

What each employer posts for physicians, 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.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
North American Partners in Anesthesia$300$200–$40053
CVS Health$105$83.69–$180.2553
Alameda Health System$220.75$151.76–$295.2525
Somnia$275$192–$35016
OSF HealthCare$158.50$55.20–$288.7511
Fairview Health Services$193.50$131–$288.0410
One Medical$135$120–$17110
Legacy Health$156$74.84–$2759
Copley Hospital$148.50$144–$2009
Essentia Health$203.25$178.97–$3758
Atlantic Health$182$41.79–$3508
MultiCare Health System$178$149.04–$3758
Northwestern Medicine$147.50$130–$187.508
Altus Community Healthcare$205$190–$2307
UnitedHealth Group$190.50$125–$353.617
AtlantiCare$215$150–$2506
MerrimackHealth$187$125–$3006
Mayo Clinic$306.75$169.86–$329.215
Mercy$260$180–$2604
Intermountain Health$243$155–$3004
Cedars-Sinai$237.50$150–$3504
Moffitt Cancer Center$180$160–$2504
Rochester Regional Health$177.50$90–$3004
Overlake Medical Center$170.75$170.85–$2804
Mass General Brigham$162.75$141.75–$2654
BJC HealthCare$157.50$125–$1754
Beth Israel Lahey Health$155.50$100–$2304
Catholic Health (Long Island)$150$54.87–$2004
Children's National Hospital$144.25$48.08–$216.354
HealthPartners$102$77.64–$1604
LifeLinc Anesthesia$350$350–$4003
Montefiore Einstein$325$300–$3503
SEARHC$270$195–$3103
Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic$206.50$182–$2313
UMass Memorial Health$183$166–$209.133
Universal Health Services$175$140–$2003
M Physicians$174$163–$3503
Ellis Medicine$150$71.50–$1753
Emergency Physicians Urgent Care$150$1503
Endeavor Health$150$90–$1503

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.

Physician pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
Pennsylvania$275$212.50–$312.50$104.48 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
Texas$205$156–$250$129.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
California$200.25$150.50–$258.50$135.38 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)60
North Carolina$200$122.50–$275$125.16 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Massachusetts$190.50$142.50–$207$113.74 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)25
New Jersey$190$150–$225$137.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)24
Vermont$190$148.50–$225$164.93 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Minnesota$183.50$157–$214.75$176.60 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)29
Illinois$175$146.50–$264$63.72 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)40
Washington$171$156–$238.50$147.68 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)27
New York$165$131.75–$275$116.59 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)46
Missouri$165$133.25–$178.25$109.61 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Virginia$133.50$125–$172.50$133.91 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Physician 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.

3,356 open jobs from 229 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $351,800, the middle half $279,900 to $498,800, from $12,000 to $1,227,000 posted.

Physician specialties

What each specialty posts. A specialty's jobs also count in the physician figures above.

Best-paid open physician jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Physician 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.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Physicians, All Other (29-1229)$33.26 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$49.48 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$127.85 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$182.10 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$217.48 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)342,720 (source: BLS OEWS, Physicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($180.50) is $52.65 above the BLS median ($127.85 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Physicians, All Other, 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.

Physician salary: common questions

How much does a physician make an hour?

Open physician jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $180.50, with the middle half between $139.50–$238.75 (437 jobs from 118 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 $127.85/hr ($265,930 a year) for physicians, all other in May 2025.

How much does a physician make a year?

At the posted median of $180.50 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $375,400, and the middle half to $290,200 to $496,600. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 3,356 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $351,800.

Which states pay physicians the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Pennsylvania ($275), Texas ($205) and California ($200.25). The lowest: Virginia ($133.50), Missouri ($165) and New York ($165). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay physicians the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Mayo Clinic ($306.75), North American Partners in Anesthesia ($300) and Somnia ($275). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

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: 437 of 14,223 open physician 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.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Physicians, All Other (SOC 29-1229), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Family Medicine Physicians (SOC 29-1215), published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: General Internal Medicine Physicians (SOC 29-1216), published May 15, 2026
  5. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Pediatricians, General (SOC 29-1221), published May 15, 2026
  6. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Anesthesiologists (SOC 29-1211), published May 15, 2026
  7. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Emergency Medicine Physicians (SOC 29-1214), published May 15, 2026
  8. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Cardiologists (SOC 29-1212), published May 15, 2026
  9. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Obstetricians and Gynecologists (SOC 29-1218), published May 15, 2026
  10. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Psychiatrists (SOC 29-1223), published May 15, 2026
  11. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Radiologists (SOC 29-1224), published May 15, 2026
  12. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Neurologists (SOC 29-1217), published May 15, 2026
  13. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Physicians, Pathologists (SOC 29-1222), published May 15, 2026
  14. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Dermatologists (SOC 29-1213), published May 15, 2026
  15. BLS OEWS May 2025: Physicians, All Other by state, published May 15, 2026
  16. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Physicians, All Other (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  17. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Family Medicine Physicians (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  18. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: General Internal Medicine Physicians (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  19. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Pediatricians, General (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  20. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Anesthesiologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  21. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Emergency Medicine Physicians (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  22. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Cardiologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  23. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  24. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Psychiatrists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  25. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Radiologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  26. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Neurologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  27. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Physicians, Pathologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
  28. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Dermatologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Physician salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/physician

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