Information published earlier this year by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put the number of employed family medicine physicians in the U.S. at more than 98,000 as of May 2020. The four-state Southwest U.S. accounted for about 13,000 of the country's employed family medicine physicians. BLS data reveals the region to be a slightly better than average one for family physician pay. Although New Mexico ranked among the ten worst states in the nation for family medicine physician annual mean wages, well over 90% of the region's practitioners lived in states where the family medicine physician annual mean wage level was at, or above, the nation average. A closer review of May 2020 BLS data details the following about family medicine physician pay in the Southwest:
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Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Southwest |
| State | # Employed | Annual Mean Wages | Wage Rank* |
| AZ | 2,960 | $218,920 | 23rd |
| NM | 560 | $194,260 | 44th |
| OK | 1,680 | $214,130 | 30th |
| TX | 8,010 | $220,390 | 19th |
| U.S. | 98,590 | $214,370 | ------- |
(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 12, 2021
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