Wednesday, November 16, 2022

20 Best Metro Markets for Family Medicine Physician Pay

In an earlier commentary, we reviewed Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Top 20 Metro Areas.  The major metropolitan areas in the U.S. most certainly have more family medicine physicians employed in them than do smaller metropolitan areas.  That said, family medicine practitioners frequently achieve better average compensation levels than their large metro peers. This is readily visible in May 2021 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which reports that not a single one of the 20 largest metro areas in the nation was among the 20 best metro markets for family medicine physician pay:

20 Best Metro Markets for Family Medicine Physician Pay

Metropolitan Area # Employed Annual Mean Wages
1 Coeur d'Alene, ID 90 $336,820
2 Fond du Lac, WI 50 $336,140
3 Gainesville, GA N/A $330,930
4 Nevada non-metro 50 $327,270
5 Midland, TX 40 $326,040
6 Salinas, CA 390 $324,990
7 Eastern Wyoming non-metro 80 $321,990
8 Southeastern Minnesota non-metro 120 $321,510
9 Lewiston, ID-WA 30 $318,330
10 Boise City, ID 170 $315,520
11 Santa Rosa, CA 230 $312,350
12 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 90 $312,270
13 Alaska non-metro 190 $309,820
14 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 180 $309,730
15 South Central Idaho non-metro 80 $308,670
16 Bakersfield, CA 560 $307,990
17 Odessa, TX 110 $305,790
18 Champaign-Urbana, IL 110 $302,410
19 Cedar Rapids, IA 90 $302,110
20 Jackson, TN 40 $301,940
National 102,930 $235,930

(#) a top 20 U.S metro population area

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on November 12, 2022