physician · SOC 29-1221

Pediatricians, General

National median $210,040 / yr · 39,390 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

National median
$210,040
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
LA
Score 88 · Louisiana
Top-paying metro
Sacramento
$395,040 median
Top WageBench Score
88
Louisiana
Top 10 destinations
Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.
Rank Area Annual Median Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC WageBench Score
#1Louisiana$502,720$487,6383.0%8888
#2Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$395,040$371,3386.0%78
#3South Dakota$257,610$257,6100.0%8976
#4Idaho$297,680$280,4155.8%9576
#5Wisconsin$269,790$255,4915.3%9475
#6Kansas City, MO-KS$271,410$259,1974.5%75
#7Montana$273,260$259,0505.2%9575
#8North Dakota$234,950$230,2512.0%8975
#9Iowa$262,440$252,4673.8%8875
#10Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$276,470$261,8175.3%73

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$91,470
P25
$138,290
MEDIAN
$210,040
P75
$273,700
P90
$338,500
Hourly mean
$102
Hourly median
$101
Annual mean
$212,110
Total US jobs
39,390

Every state & metro, ranked

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Area StateMedian Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC HPSA WageBench Score
LouisianaLA$502,720$487,6383.0%882388
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CACA$395,040$371,3386.0%2478
South DakotaSD$257,610$257,6100.0%892276
IdahoID$297,680$280,4155.8%952176
WisconsinWI$269,790$255,4915.3%942175
Kansas City, MO-KSMO$271,410$259,1974.5%2475
MontanaMT$273,260$259,0505.2%952275
North DakotaND$234,950$230,2512.0%892375
IowaIA$262,440$252,4673.8%882175
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WIWI$276,470$261,8175.3%2173
OklahomaOK$236,780$226,1254.5%882172
MissouriMO$223,910$213,8344.5%912472
OhioOH$217,970$211,4313.0%932371
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXTX$242,160$242,1600.0%2371
New HampshireNH$273,410$273,4100.0%1042071
South CarolinaSC$217,120$205,1785.5%942470
St. Louis, MO-ILMO$223,910$213,8344.5%2470
MaineME$245,920$231,6575.8%971970
AlabamaAL$209,490$201,1104.0%892470
Raleigh-Cary, NCNC$214,680$205,5564.3%2470
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCNC$217,670$208,4194.3%2470
PennsylvaniaPA$226,440$219,4883.1%982170
KansasKS$209,840$198,8235.3%902270
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDPA$226,440$219,4883.1%2170
Oklahoma City, OKOK$236,780$226,1254.5%2169
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Not published by BLS (2) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Nevada, Wyoming.
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