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Physicians and Surgeons Salary in U.S.

The salary statistics of physicians and surgeons are shown in Table 1. The average hourly salary of physicians and surgeons in the United States is shown in Table 2. In the next few tables we compare the average salaries of physicians and surgeons within different industry sectors and in the 50 states of the United States. The physicians and surgeons annual salary statistics are from the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Physicians and Surgeons Salary in U.S. (2022 survey)

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$62,570
25th Percentile Wage
$122,930
50th Percentile Wage
No Data
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physicians and surgeons. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $122,930. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent is $62,570.

Table 2. Physicians and Surgeons Salary by Industry Sector (2022 survey)

The average salaries of physicians and surgeons in 11 major industry sectors are shown in Table 2. We note that the salaries vary considerably within different industry sectors. The highest paying industry sector for physicians and surgeons occupations is the administrative and support and waste management and remediation services sector with an annual salary $204,410. The lowest paying sector is the real estate and rental and leasing sector (annual salary $59,240).

Industry Sector Median Annual Salary
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
$204,410
Finance and Insurance
$201,620
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
$194,180
Manufacturing
$191,380
Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)
$189,000
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$162,830
Retail Trade
$160,410
Wholesale Trade
$142,810
Federal, State, and Local Government
$125,170
Educational Services
$68,400
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
$59,240

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