The annual salary statistics of family medicine physicians in Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of family medicine physicians in Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $103,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $179,710 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $230,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | No Data |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for family medicine physicians in Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $230,290. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $179,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $103,240.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of family medicine physicians from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $230,290 | 16.20% | 28.23% |
| 2020 | $192,980 | 14.36% | - |
| 2019 | $165,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $230,290, Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area is the second highest paying city for family medicine physicians in state of North Carolina, following the highest paying city Durham-Chapel Hill (median annual salary of $230,850). Compared with Durham-Chapel Hill, the median annual salary of family medicine physicians in Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area is .2 percent (.2%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Durham-Chapel Hill | |
| Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| New Bern | |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton | |
| Raleigh-Cary | |
| Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Winston-Salem | |
| Asheville | |
| Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Fayetteville | |
| Greenville | |
| Wilmington | |
| Greensboro-High Point |