Pediatricians, General salary

SOC 29-1221 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$210,040

per year, nationally

Middle half

$138,290–$273,700

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

39,390

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+0.8%

1,200 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.

$91,470$338,500

10th: $91,470
25th: $138,290
Median: $210,040
75th: $273,700
90th: $338,500

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 pediatricians, general 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	Louisiana	$502,720	88.2	40	0.08×
2	Idaho	$297,680	95.5	60	0.29×
3	New Hampshire	$273,410	104.2	210	1.21×
4	Montana	$273,260	94.6	50	0.39×
5	Wisconsin	$269,790	94.1	350	0.46×
6	Alaska	$267,390	102.4	60	0.68×
7	Iowa	$262,440	87.8	230	0.59×
8	South Dakota	$257,610	88.6	80	0.73×
9	Maine	$245,920	97.0	130	0.82×
10	Oklahoma	$236,780	87.8	280	0.65×
11	North Dakota	$234,950	89.0	90	0.79×
12	Arizona	$233,950	100.7	1,230	1.50×
13	Minnesota	$226,660	98.6	890	1.19×
14	Pennsylvania	$226,440	97.6	1,120	0.73×
15	Oregon	$224,690	103.4	620	1.24×
16	Missouri	$223,910	90.8	500	0.67×
17	Massachusetts	$221,170	105.8	2,310	2.51×
18	Delaware	$219,190	99.8	180	1.47×
19	Rhode Island	$218,080	102.3	180	1.42×
20	Ohio	$217,970	92.8	2,110	1.50×
21	South Carolina	$217,120	93.7	420	0.71×
22	Connecticut	$216,830	103.6	1,310	3.06×
23	Vermont	$215,350	98.0	130	1.65×
24	California	$214,140	110.7	6,680	1.45×
25	New York	$212,150	107.9	4,570	1.86×
26	Utah	$210,360	98.9	310	0.70×
27	Kansas	$209,840	90.1	110	0.31×
28	Alabama	$209,490	88.8	—	—
29	Michigan	$204,690	96.2	1,340	1.20×
30	New Mexico	$202,390	92.2	270	1.21×
31	New Jersey	$201,560	108.8	1,280	1.18×
32	Hawaii	$197,090	110.0	470	2.97×
33	Illinois	$196,760	100.0	1,180	0.76×
34	Colorado	$196,440	103.1	570	0.79×
35	Virginia	$195,940	101.1	750	0.72×
36	Mississippi	$183,650	87.0	40	0.15×
37	North Carolina	$183,550	94.3	740	0.59×
38	Florida	$182,010	103.4	700	0.28×
39	Maryland	$181,640	105.0	580	0.83×
40	Indiana	$177,300	93.3	1,080	1.34×
41	Tennessee	$176,210	91.9	740	0.90×
42	Nebraska	$175,990	90.1	290	1.11×
43	Kentucky	$175,690	90.2	380	0.74×
44	Texas	$173,360	97.1	2,740	0.77×
45	Washington	$169,540	107.0	480	0.54×
46	Arkansas	$160,440	86.9	100	0.31×
47	West Virginia	$158,470	89.5	140	0.76×
48	Georgia	$149,990	96.3	—	—
49	District of Columbia	$79,240	109.9	—	—

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 pediatricians, general wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for pediatricians, general

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	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$395,040	106.7	100	0.36×
2	Vallejo, CA	$357,320	108.5	—	—
3	York-Hanover, PA	$344,960	96.0	40	0.77×
4	St. Cloud, MN	$298,830	87.6	60	2.13×
5	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$290,420	100.9	70	0.79×
6	Fresno, CA	$289,290	102.2	410	3.36×
7	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$287,040	105.7	80	1.51×
8	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$276,470	96.9	60	0.29×
9	Kansas City, MO-KS	$271,410	92.5	70	0.27×
10	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$271,190	91.7	90	0.87×
11	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$269,550	101.6	—	—
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$262,650	111.9	630	1.62×
13	Visalia, CA	$262,270	99.8	30	0.75×
14	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$257,610	90.6	50	1.04×
15	Salem, OR	$256,710	103.6	60	1.21×
16	Anchorage, AK	$251,830	105.4	50	1.01×
17	Portland-South Portland, ME	$245,920	101.9	80	1.12×
18	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$242,160	103.1	340	0.33×
19	Oklahoma City, OK	$236,780	90.4	140	0.84×
20	Fargo, ND-MN	$234,950	90.9	50	1.32×
21	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$234,380	95.5	100	0.69×
22	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$233,950	103.3	1,080	1.80×
23	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$232,880	94.8	40	1.43×
24	Colorado Springs, CO	$230,720	100.7	80	0.96×
25	Wichita, KS	$228,820	88.9	50	0.62×
26	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$227,540	93.3	180	1.61×
27	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$226,440	102.6	870	1.19×
28	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$226,280	104.8	600	1.22×
29	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$225,700	98.2	40	0.57×
30	Ogden, UT	$225,640	100.3	90	1.29×
31	St. Louis, MO-IL	$223,910	95.1	320	0.93×
32	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$222,950	99.8	150	3.70×
33	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$221,170	108.3	1,860	2.72×
34	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$220,030	106.9	370	3.60×
35	Roanoke, VA	$219,960	93.6	70	1.75×
36	New Haven, CT	$219,550	104.6	140	1.93×
37	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$219,350	100.4	140	4.32×
38	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$218,080	101.8	280	1.52×
39	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$218,000	100.3	730	1.51×
40	Cleveland, OH	$217,970	93.9	650	2.48×

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 pediatricians, general wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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