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General Internal Medicine Physicians salary in District of Columbia

SOC 29-1216 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$223,250
per year in District of Columbia
Middle half
$48,760–$223,610
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
490
in District of Columbia
Concentration
1.60×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

District of Columbia
$223,250
published median
United States
$256,560
13.0% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
30th
44 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $223,250 median has purchasing power comparable to about $203,137 nationally. District of Columbia's BEA regional price parity is 109.9 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for District of Columbia.

$48,710$513,990

Getting in

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

Narrow to a metro in District of Columbia

Every linked area below has a published estimate for general internal medicine physicians. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

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

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$223,250108.91,3701.01×

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 general internal medicine physicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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