Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2011

29-1062 Family and General Practitioners

Physicians who diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries that commonly occur in the general population. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.


National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
101,800 2.0 % $85.26 $177,330 0.9 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $41.77 $61.07 $80.29 (5) (5)
Annual Wage (2) $86,880 $127,020 $167,000 (5) (5)


Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Offices of Physicians 67,760 2.89 $87.18 $181,330
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 17,750 0.34 $83.65 $173,990
Outpatient Care Centers 6,020 0.98 $85.11 $177,030
Local Government (OES Designation) 2,790 0.05 $74.51 $154,980
State Government (OES Designation) 1,760 0.08 $74.60 $155,170

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Offices of Physicians 67,760 2.89 $87.18 $181,330
Outpatient Care Centers 6,020 0.98 $85.11 $177,030
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 17,750 0.34 $83.65 $173,990
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals 520 0.22 $74.66 $155,280
State Government (OES Designation) 1,760 0.08 $74.60 $155,170

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories 160 0.07 $111.35 $231,610
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services 200 0.08 $96.09 $199,860
Employment Services 920 0.03 $87.50 $182,000
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals 180 0.08 $87.32 $181,620
Offices of Physicians 67,760 2.89 $87.18 $181,330


Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 10,880 0.77 0.98 $83.91 $174,530
Illinois 6,490 1.16 1.47 $86.48 $179,880
Florida 5,950 0.83 1.05 $82.46 $171,520
Texas 5,480 0.53 0.67 $87.63 $182,270
Pennsylvania 4,660 0.84 1.06 $77.61 $161,430




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New Mexico 1,450 1.87 2.35 $89.26 $185,660
Alaska 520 1.65 2.07 $93.53 $194,550
Iowa 2,160 1.49 1.88 $102.63 $213,460
Wyoming 400 1.48 1.87 $90.16 $187,540
Oklahoma 2,110 1.41 1.78 $87.33 $181,640




Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Arkansas 1,220 1.07 1.34 $103.61 $215,500
Iowa 2,160 1.49 1.88 $102.63 $213,460
Nevada 1,080 0.97 1.22 $98.55 $204,990
Wisconsin 2,810 1.06 1.34 $97.51 $202,810
Rhode Island 160 0.36 0.45 $95.79 $199,240





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metropolitan Division 4,840 1.35 1.70 $85.65 $178,140
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 2,400 0.63 0.79 $82.45 $171,500
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,250 1.31 1.66 $82.29 $171,160
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,100 1.16 1.46 $75.55 $157,140
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,040 0.88 1.11 $69.17 $143,880
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,720 0.67 0.85 $93.71 $194,920
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,590 1.27 1.60 $80.45 $167,340
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,530 0.30 0.38 $75.04 $156,090
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,380 1.44 1.82 $99.81 $207,610
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,230 1.52 1.92 $81.79 $170,130




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Columbia, MO 430 5.15 6.49 $35.17 $73,150
Las Cruces, NM 240 3.58 4.51 $87.39 $181,780
Santa Fe, NM 190 3.18 4.01 $91.83 $191,000
Spartanburg, SC 350 3.09 3.89 $90.09 $187,380
Rome, GA 110 3.05 3.85 $93.68 $194,860
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 310 2.85 3.60 $88.66 $184,420
Springfield, IL 270 2.50 3.15 $96.28 $200,260
Florence, SC 200 2.50 3.15 $89.71 $186,590
Goldsboro, NC 90 2.40 3.02 $87.12 $181,210
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 680 2.15 2.71 $105.87 $220,220




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Athens-Clarke County, GA (8) (8) (8) (5) (5)
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 80 0.89 1.13 $120.17 $249,950
Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV (8) (8) (8) $119.47 $248,500
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 190 0.98 1.24 $116.90 $243,150
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 480 2.06 2.60 $116.54 $242,410
Chattanooga, TN-GA (8) (8) (8) $116.36 $242,020
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 80 0.63 0.80 $115.35 $239,930
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA (8) (8) (8) $112.20 $233,370
Montgomery, AL 60 0.38 0.48 $112.05 $233,070
Monroe, LA 40 0.58 0.74 $111.97 $232,900

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 430 1.49 1.87 $90.15 $187,500
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 400 1.06 1.33 $86.61 $180,150
Hawaii / Maui / Kauai nonmetropolitan area 280 1.88 2.36 $80.10 $166,600
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area 260 2.48 3.13 $74.24 $154,420
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area 250 1.15 1.44 $104.71 $217,800

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southwestern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area 90 3.35 4.22 $90.40 $188,040
Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area 200 3.02 3.81 $71.61 $148,950
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area 260 2.48 3.13 $74.24 $154,420
Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area 150 2.33 2.94 $64.62 $134,410
Railbelt / Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area 160 2.29 2.89 $107.58 $223,770

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area (8) (8) (8) $119.95 $249,490
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area 130 0.54 0.68 $112.39 $233,770
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area 150 1.12 1.41 $109.42 $227,590
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area 150 1.24 1.56 $108.65 $225,990
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area 50 0.71 0.90 $107.70 $224,020


About May 2011 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(5) This wage is equal to or greater than $90.00 per hour or $187,199 per year.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2011 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2011 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

List of Occupations in SOC Code Number Order

List of Occupations in Alphabetical Order

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Last Modified Date: March 27, 2012