The highest-paying states for all other physicians (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 all other physicians in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $235,410, Hawaii is the highest paying state for all other physicians. It is followed by West Virginia (average annual salary $234,170). 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 all other physicians in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $235,410 |
$68,620 | 1,640 |
| 2 | West Virginia | $234,170 |
$60,330 | 2,320 |
| 3 | Florida | $233,970 |
$99,410 | 23,170 |
| 4 | Texas | $232,690 |
$62,240 | 21,990 |
| 5 | New Hampshire | $232,460 |
$66,800 | 1,230 |
| 6 | Delaware | $231,110 |
$66,450 | 1,120 |
| 7 | California | $230,940 |
$65,980 | 20,840 |
| 8 | Nevada | $227,990 |
$142,820 | 2,610 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | $223,410 |
$68,050 | 9,810 |
| 10 | Alabama | $221,770 |
$78,780 | 3,420 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | $219,340 |
$51,670 | 1,900 |
| 12 | District of Columbia | $218,070 |
$78,860 | 1,070 |
| 13 | North Carolina | $215,850 |
$61,560 | 14,150 |
| 14 | Kansas | $215,140 |
$63,700 | 5,010 |
| 15 | Rhode Island | $215,090 |
$61,470 | 1,430 |
| 16 | Maryland | $213,930 |
$64,070 | 7,390 |
| 17 | New York | $212,370 |
$65,910 | 14,700 |
| 18 | Michigan | $209,300 |
$60,880 | 11,970 |
| 19 | Arizona | $203,140 |
$60,500 | 6,210 |
| 20 | Illinois | $186,790 |
$67,840 | 18,850 |
| 21 | Ohio | $184,860 |
$61,270 | 12,890 |
| 22 | Arkansas | $178,310 |
$56,160 | 2,060 |
| 23 | North Dakota | $177,750 |
$141,330 | 460 |
| 24 | Guam | $173,580 |
$138,600 | 30 |
| 25 | Virginia | $170,820 |
$63,090 | 6,860 |
| 26 | Puerto Rico | $143,440 |
$30,770 | 840 |
| 27 | Mississippi | $128,910 |
$48,130 | 2,270 |
| 28 | Virgin Islands | $94,080 |
$83,460 | 70 |
| 29 | Pennsylvania | $80,350 |
$60,260 | 13,580 |
Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of all other physicians in those states is not available at this time.
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