Highest-paying Cities for General Pediatricians

The top 100 highest paying cities for general pediatricians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of general pediatricians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $207,890, Visalia-Porterville, California is the highest paying city for general pediatricians. It is followed by West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio (average annual salary $207,860). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of general pediatricians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for General Pediatricians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Visalia-Porterville, California	$207,890	$141,150	n/a
2	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$207,860	$156,710	n/a
3	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$207,690	$138,470	180
4	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$207,510	$112,980	520
5	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$205,790	$141,020	960
6	Tucson, Arizona	$205,400	$152,930	60
7	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$204,090	$152,740	50
8	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$203,660	$117,370	30
9	Jacksonville, Florida	$203,590	$135,150	n/a
10	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$203,070	$164,230	40
11	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$202,630	$148,310	n/a
12	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$202,160	$120,760	200
13	El Paso, Texas	$201,980	$148,190	120
14	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$201,890	$155,630	50
15	Manchester, New Hampshire	$199,560	$135,370	40
16	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$198,910	$109,620	630
17	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$198,680	$140,390	30
18	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$198,660	$59,900	30
19	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$198,590	$175,940	n/a
20	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$197,770	$114,950	640
21	Worcester, Massachusetts	$196,550	$113,960	190
22	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$195,410	$176,820	n/a
23	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$194,970	$98,590	100
24	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$194,720	$181,060	210
25	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$193,200	$112,270	110
26	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$191,960	$160,680	150
27	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$191,710	$115,590	110
28	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$191,300	$157,880	110
29	Olympia, Washington	$191,060	$171,760	n/a
30	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$190,970	$118,760	170
31	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$190,690	$130,680	70
32	Nashua, New Hampshire	$190,130	$171,150	n/a
33	Reading, Pennsylvania	$188,850	$113,910	70
34	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$187,770	$119,300	200
35	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$186,810	$151,030	270
36	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$186,390	$64,020	70
37	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$186,220	$148,220	n/a
38	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$185,740	$72,210	120
39	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$185,130	$145,350	n/a
40	Syracuse, New York	$184,010	$146,870	40
41	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$183,860	$120,310	n/a
42	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$183,620	$95,740	n/a
43	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$183,260	$126,810	n/a
44	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$182,690	$134,670	130
45	Danbury, Connecticut	$182,550	$136,140	n/a
46	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$182,190	$125,700	40
47	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$182,140	$105,890	220
48	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$181,710	$141,010	n/a
49	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$181,690	$114,730	40
50	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$181,600	$137,470	n/a
51	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$181,550	$129,550	220
52	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$181,010	$93,080	720
53	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$180,840	$108,760	1,240
54	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$180,690	$128,140	100
55	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$180,630	$138,540	40
56	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$180,610	$93,570	n/a
57	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$179,490	$126,230	220
58	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$179,380	$157,460	100
59	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$178,010	$70,760	380
60	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$177,650	$137,740	430
61	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$177,650	$70,340	370
62	Salem, Oregon	$177,280	$134,480	30
63	Richmond, Virginia	$177,120	$117,220	150
64	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$177,090	$78,310	310
65	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$176,900	$108,970	380
66	Peabody, Massachusetts	$176,600	$156,330	100
67	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$175,670	$138,780	n/a
68	Charlottesville, Virginia	$175,520	$109,950	n/a
69	Roanoke, Virginia	$174,390	$58,820	100
70	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$174,340	$107,410	90
71	Fresno, California	$173,920	$154,260	90
72	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$172,760	$83,430	60
73	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$172,600	$136,430	50
74	Honolulu, Hawaii	$172,410	$133,400	50
75	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$172,120	$79,880	2,380
76	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$171,130	$58,240	600
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$170,550	$114,450	800
78	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$169,850	$118,350	30
79	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$169,760	$138,750	30
80	Fargo, North Dakota	$169,540	$80,550	40
81	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$169,510	$126,880	2,290
82	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$169,490	$63,090	30
83	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$168,970	$134,280	30
84	Framingham, Massachusetts	$168,600	$75,420	50
85	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$168,600	$127,630	80
86	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$168,440	$116,670	60
87	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$168,050	$102,560	30
88	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$167,870	$125,040	40
89	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$167,750	$129,980	n/a
90	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$167,520	$72,600	50
91	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$167,140	$71,240	40
92	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$167,040	$103,210	610
93	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$166,670	$109,980	n/a
94	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$165,930	$50,180	n/a
95	Wilmington, New Jersey	$165,900	$125,300	190
96	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$165,470	$109,820	1,650
97	Asheville, North Carolina	$165,430	$90,700	150
98	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$164,890	$164,470	70
99	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$164,850	$113,420	40
100	Akron, Ohio	$164,720	$101,620	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for general pediatricians.