Family Medicine Physicians salary

SOC 29-1215 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$244,180

per year, nationally

Middle half

$162,420–$334,270

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

107,510

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+2.7%

3,300 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$76,830$428,550

10th: $76,830
25th: $162,420
Median: $244,180
75th: $334,270
90th: $428,550

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Internship/residency

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where family medicine physicians earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Rhode Island	$467,160	102.3	210	0.60×
2	Oklahoma	$361,350	87.8	2,170	1.84×
3	Idaho	$347,160	95.5	690	1.17×
4	Montana	$330,760	94.6	460	1.30×
5	Alaska	$323,490	102.4	760	3.40×
6	Pennsylvania	$306,030	97.6	4,190	1.00×
7	Utah	$297,510	98.9	550	0.46×
8	Oregon	$293,240	103.4	1,490	1.09×
9	Washington	$292,900	107.0	1,270	0.52×
10	Arizona	$292,760	100.7	2,620	1.17×
11	New Jersey	$292,170	108.8	3,050	1.03×
12	Wisconsin	$290,640	94.1	1,470	0.72×
13	Maryland	$285,730	105.0	1,050	0.55×
14	North Dakota	$280,100	89.0	260	0.86×
15	Minnesota	$280,030	98.6	1,820	0.89×
16	Massachusetts	$277,490	105.8	3,540	1.41×
17	West Virginia	$272,680	89.5	320	0.65×
18	New Hampshire	$268,650	104.2	350	0.74×
19	Colorado	$265,560	103.1	2,700	1.36×
20	Iowa	$265,200	87.8	1,140	1.06×
21	Wyoming	$264,580	92.7	100	0.53×
22	Indiana	$261,940	93.3	1,410	0.64×
23	Georgia	$259,320	96.3	3,690	1.09×
24	Louisiana	$255,330	88.2	1,090	0.82×
25	California	$252,010	110.7	—	—
26	Nevada	$251,550	100.0	340	0.32×
27	Kentucky	$248,730	90.2	1,170	0.84×
28	Illinois	$245,120	100.0	1,960	0.46×
29	South Dakota	$239,970	88.6	550	1.74×
30	Maine	$239,870	97.0	730	1.64×
31	Vermont	$239,340	98.0	240	1.13×
32	South Carolina	$239,200	93.7	1,200	0.75×
33	Texas	$235,710	97.1	6,190	0.64×
34	Mississippi	$235,630	87.0	570	0.71×
35	District of Columbia	$233,390	109.9	150	0.32×
36	Kansas	$229,390	90.1	210	0.21×
37	Nebraska	$228,590	90.1	830	1.17×
38	New Mexico	$228,040	92.2	650	1.09×
39	Delaware	$228,000	99.8	640	1.92×
40	Florida	$227,700	103.4	—	—
41	Tennessee	$226,830	91.9	2,260	1.00×
42	Ohio	$223,700	92.8	1,490	0.39×
43	Virginia	$222,630	101.1	2,930	1.03×
44	Hawaii	$218,210	110.0	260	0.59×
45	Arkansas	$215,820	86.9	290	0.32×
46	North Carolina	$215,230	94.3	1,520	0.45×
47	Michigan	$214,070	96.2	3,770	1.24×
48	New York	$210,920	107.9	4,000	0.60×
49	Missouri	$171,180	90.8	3,740	1.84×
50	Connecticut	$163,930	103.6	790	0.67×
51	Alabama	$134,550	88.8	—	—

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where family medicine physicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for family medicine physicians

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Oklahoma City, OK	$481,870	90.4	940	2.02×
2	Knoxville, TN	$460,080	92.6	590	1.99×
3	Great Falls, MT	$449,840	96.8	30	1.25×
4	Lawton, OK	$448,460	85.9	80	2.87×
5	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$438,290	101.8	310	0.63×
6	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$413,910	98.2	190	0.89×
7	Salinas, CA	$410,370	109.0	320	2.45×
8	St. Joseph, MO-KS	$400,000	86.4	80	2.04×
9	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$393,890	98.9	250	2.13×
10	Sebring, FL	$386,750	92.5	70	3.56×
11	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$379,090	94.2	—	—
12	Helena, MT	$375,340	95.7	40	1.31×
13	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$371,260	100.0	270	1.02×
14	Bozeman, MT	$366,600	102.5	50	0.90×
15	Kenosha, WI	$359,760	101.1	30	0.65×
16	Rochester, MN	$356,770	90.8	110	1.25×
17	Springfield, MO	$354,760	88.6	150	0.96×
18	Coeur d'Alene, ID	$352,700	98.3	60	1.17×
19	Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$352,590	86.4	150	1.82×
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$351,760	110.4	1,120	1.43×
21	Tulsa, OK	$350,190	89.2	540	1.69×
22	Savannah, GA	$349,030	95.2	270	1.94×
23	Boise City, ID	$347,160	98.4	390	1.43×
24	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$345,310	108.6	—	—
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$345,310	106.7	830	1.12×
26	Santa Fe, NM	$345,070	98.8	60	1.45×
27	Charleston, WV	$344,250	88.7	90	1.32×
28	Sheboygan, WI	$342,550	94.0	30	0.73×
29	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$341,680	103.3	2,050	1.25×
30	York-Hanover, PA	$341,630	96.0	70	0.58×
31	Johnstown, PA	$336,650	85.9	30	1.06×
32	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$332,690	92.6	250	0.82×
33	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$332,530	100.9	190	0.81×
34	Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$329,280	96.0	40	0.72×
35	La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$327,890	91.8	90	1.54×
36	Eau Claire, WI	$327,730	92.8	50	0.85×
37	Dalton, GA	$326,210	89.8	90	2.01×
38	Missoula, MT	$324,810	96.4	70	1.62×
39	Cleveland, OH	$324,340	93.9	210	0.30×
40	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$322,030	97.0	70	0.85×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where family medicine physicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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