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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Physicians, All Other Salary in Pennsylvania

Physicians, All Other in Pennsylvania earn a median annual salary of $163,100, which is the same as compared to the national median. There are 17,780 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Pennsylvania (state).

$163,100
Pennsylvania median annual wage
$78/hour median
N/A
Difference vs national median
17,780
Local employment
3.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.45
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$67,600
25th
$73,960
Median
$163,100
75th
≥$239,200
90th
≥$239,200

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

Values marked ≥$239,200 are at or above the BLS wage cap. BLS does not publish an exact figure above this threshold.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Pennsylvania, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
97.6%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$167,159
Goods: 99.4%
Services: 109.3%
Rents: 85.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Jersey$238,870Compare7,840
New York$237,710Compare13,280
North Carolina$236,970Compare14,510
Utah$232,740Compare3,500
Delaware$232,180Compare1,100
Ohio$231,300Compare21,770

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Pennsylvania

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$220,5101.71
Pediatricians, General$217,8101.20
Nurse Anesthetists$217,6701.36
Dentists, All Other Specialists$212,4700.32
Physicists$208,4700.65
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$208,0600.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$172,7101.04
Dentists, General$168,7400.72

Pennsylvania has salary data for 795 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Physicians, All Other in Pennsylvania

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Physicians, All Other are projected to change by +2.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 9,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.