physician · SOC 29-1222

Physicians, Pathologists

National median $312,400 / yr · 11,110 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$312,400

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

WV

Score 75 · West Virginia

Top-paying metro

Las Vegas

$384,550 median

Top WageBench Score

75

West Virginia

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 ↓
#1	West Virginia	$400,070	$380,867	4.8%	89	✓	75
#2	Pennsylvania	$413,370	$400,680	3.1%	98	✓	75
#3	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$362,620	$362,620	0.0%	—	✓	73
#4	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$362,470	$362,470	0.0%	—	✓	73
#5	Indiana	$340,300	$329,921	3.0%	93	✓	72
#6	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$365,830	$354,599	3.1%	—	✓	72
#7	Iowa	$323,460	$311,169	3.8%	88	✓	71
#8	Texas	$345,830	$345,830	0.0%	97	✓	71
#9	Kentucky	$324,390	$311,414	4.0%	90	✓	71
#10	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$332,570	$332,570	0.0%	—	✓	71

National wage distribution

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

P10
$92,540
P25
$186,300
MEDIAN
$312,400
P75
$372,780
P90
$449,970

Hourly mean

$137

Hourly median

$150

Annual mean

$285,420

Total US jobs

11,110

Every state & metro, ranked

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
West Virginia	WV	$400,070	$380,867	4.8%	89	✓	23	75
Pennsylvania	PA	$413,370	$400,680	3.1%	98	✓	21	75
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$362,620	$362,620	0.0%	—	✓	23	73
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	FL	$362,470	$362,470	0.0%	—	✓	24	73
Indiana	IN	$340,300	$329,921	3.0%	93	✓	23	72
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	PA	$365,830	$354,599	3.1%	—	✓	21	72
Iowa	IA	$323,460	$311,169	3.8%	88	✓	21	71
Texas	TX	$345,830	$345,830	0.0%	97	✓	23	71
Kentucky	KY	$324,390	$311,414	4.0%	90	✓	23	71
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	FL	$332,570	$332,570	0.0%	—	✓	24	71
Ohio	OH	$309,480	$300,196	3.0%	93	✓	23	70
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	IN	$342,090	$331,656	3.0%	—	✓	23	70
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	OH	$317,890	$308,353	3.0%	—	✓	23	69
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	AZ	$349,470	$340,733	2.5%	—	✓	21	69
Oklahoma	OK	$317,850	$303,547	4.5%	88	✓	21	69
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	TX	$316,150	$316,150	0.0%	—	✓	23	69
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	KY	$329,970	$316,771	4.0%	—	✓	23	69
Florida	FL	$313,510	$313,510	0.0%	103	✓	24	68
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	MD	$288,900	$274,455	5.0%	—	✓	24	68
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$300,580	$300,580	0.0%	—	✓	21	68
Arizona	AZ	$338,290	$329,833	2.5%	101	✓	21	68
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	TX	$291,510	$291,510	0.0%	—	✓	23	67
Washington	WA	$300,680	$300,680	0.0%	107	✓	21	67
Columbus, OH	OH	$285,280	$276,722	3.0%	—	✓	23	67
Colorado	CO	$294,510	$281,552	4.4%	103	✓	22	67

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Not published by BLS (18) — 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: Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming, District of Columbia.

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