Thursday, September 29, 2022

Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Top 20 Metro Areas

There were approximately 103,000 family medicine physicians working in the U.S. as of May 2021 according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most family medicine physicians are employed at physician offices, but smaller numbers can be found working in outpatient care centers, hospitals, educational institutions, and with local government entities. Like many other health professionals with advanced education and technical skills, family medicine physicians earn higher salaries than workers in most other occupations in the United States. As of May 2021, the BLS reported that the national mean salary for family medicine physicians was $235,930 annually. Pay for family medicine physicians varies widely from region to region, with practitioners in some states making 50% or more than what their counterparts earn elsewhere. This wage variation is readily visible in BLS data from May 2021, which shows the following about family medicine physician pay in the top 20 metro areas of the U.S.:

Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Top 20 Metro Areas

Metropolitan Area # Employed Mean Annual Wage
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City 3,130 $220,640
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 3,080 $261,120
3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 2,010 $252,490
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 2,660 $226,070
5 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land n/a $172,550
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria 1,580 $270,280
7 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 3,860 $225,340
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 2,420 $184,500
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta 1,550 $218,200
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton 2,330 $269,230
11 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler 2,010 $221,250
12 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley 2,430 $275,220
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 1,230 $269,070
14 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn 540 $240,430
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 640 $242,440
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 1,110 $231,470
17 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad 1,550 $217,910
18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 840 $227,250
19 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood 1,300 $226,330
20 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson 580 $229,540
National 102,930 $235,930

Report Period:  May 2021
Top 20 U.S. Metro areas from the 2020 Census
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Occupational Statistics
Data extracted on September 26, 2022

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