Compensation data

Other physician specialties salary by state

Federal wage data for other physician specialties — the national figure plus every state BLS publishes (51 of 51). “Real pay” adjusts each state's wage for local prices, so you can compare offers on equal footing.

National annual mean

$262,040

National annual median

$265,930

Where other physician specialties pay goes furthest

Ranked by take-home adjusted for local prices — not the biggest headline number.

  1. 1.North Dakota$307,684adjusted
  2. 2.Montana$260,271adjusted
  3. 3.Wisconsin$251,092adjusted
See the full ranking for all 50 states

Other physician specialties salary in every state

StateAnnual meanPrice levelReal pay
North Dakota$406,63089.0$456,888
Montana$385,01094.6$406,987
Maine$367,59097.1$378,568
Wisconsin$364,84094.1$387,715
Alaska$353,510102.4$345,225
Kentucky$331,86090.2$367,916
Vermont$331,30098.0$338,061
Hawaii$326,890110.0$297,173
Minnesota$325,68098.6$330,304
Indiana$323,60093.3$346,838
Wyoming$321,63092.7$346,958
New Mexico$318,33092.2$345,260
Oregon$316,640103.4$306,228
Louisiana$312,63088.2$354,456
Tennessee$312,22091.9$339,739
New Hampshire$307,550104.2$295,154
Arizona$303,730100.7$301,619
Colorado$298,570103.1$289,593
Washington$293,760107.0$274,542
Nebraska$291,43090.1$323,452
South Carolina$286,14093.7$305,379
Ohio$286,08092.8$308,276
Iowa$273,16087.8$311,116
Georgia$269,55096.3$279,907
Florida$267,380103.4$258,588
Virginia$266,010101.1$263,116
Alabama$264,58088.8$297,950
Idaho$262,71095.5$275,089
New Jersey$260,100108.8$239,063
Texas$257,24097.1$264,923
New York$256,500107.9$237,720
Nevada$251,310100.0$251,310
California$249,620110.7$225,492
Oklahoma$248,93087.8$283,519
Kansas$248,05090.1$275,305
North Carolina$247,75094.3$262,725
Massachusetts$247,150105.8$233,601
Delaware$243,89099.8$244,379
Connecticut$243,750103.6$235,280
Utah$240,19098.9$242,861
Missouri$237,33090.8$261,377
Pennsylvania$237,19097.6$243,023
Rhode Island$236,360102.3$231,046
Mississippi$234,66087.0$269,724
West Virginia$228,87089.5$255,721
Maryland$228,860105.0$217,962
Illinois$220,020100.0$220,020
Michigan$206,17096.2$214,314
Arkansas$194,98086.9$224,373
Puerto Rico$177,750
District of Columbia$154,040109.9$140,164

Other specialties

Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — “Physicians, All Other” (May 2025). Price levels: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities (2024), US average = 100. Real pay divides the wage by the state's price level; the ranked page additionally estimates take-home. Wages cover all employment settings and exclude many self-employed/partnership physicians — individual offers vary widely. VitalPost shows sourced public data for context only, not financial advice.