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Highest Paying Industries for Family and General Practitioners

The top 39 highest paying industries for family and general practitioners (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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $185,080, offices of physicians is the highest paying industry for family and general practitioners. It is followed by ambulatory health care services industry (average annual salary $184,350). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of family and general practitioners in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 39 Highest Paying Industries for Family and General Practitioners

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Offices of Physicians	$185,080	$95,620	82,980
2	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$184,350	$95,790	91,680
3	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$183,880	$88,550	5,720
4	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$183,020	$49,360	50
5	Health Care and Social Assistance	$182,630	$81,540	115,300
6	Manufacturing	$182,380	$118,070	40
7	Outpatient Care Centers	$182,250	$107,540	6,850
8	Social Assistance	$181,270	$91,640	120
9	Individual and Family Services	$179,800	$91,250	110
10	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$176,210	$54,660	22,730
11	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$176,010	$103,960	120
12	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$175,710	$54,770	23,370
13	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$174,770	$74,010	230
14	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$174,030	$65,490	260
15	Hospitals - Privately owned	$170,640	$53,470	18,520
16	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$170,520	$53,440	18,240
17	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$169,340	$76,850	170
18	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$169,210	$82,700	170
19	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$167,340	$101,790	50
20	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$165,800	$80,400	1,690
21	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$161,650	$88,830	40
22	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$160,370	$126,650	40
23	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$158,200	$80,340	50
24	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$157,570	$93,400	2,780
25	Federal, State, and Local Government	$157,570	$93,400	2,780
26	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$157,380	$53,260	11,060
27	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$157,190	$104,830	380
28	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$155,040	$107,810	310
29	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$151,870	$112,130	1,090
30	Home Health Care Services	$149,270	$89,570	830
31	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$144,540	$35,810	530
32	Educational Services - Privately owned	$137,800	$52,410	670
33	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$133,990	$52,160	620
34	Offices of Optometrists	$111,080	$52,850	n/a
35	Offices of Dentists	$98,740	$82,270	n/a
36	Educational Services	$60,560	$46,410	4,090
37	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$60,340	$46,260	4,020
38	Educational Services - State government owned	$59,370	$45,130	3,410
39	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$59,340	$45,110	3,400