Family Practice Doctor Salary

The median Family Doctor Salary and General Practitioner Salary is calculated by the US Government Bureau of Labor Statistics from a variety of sources. Family Doctor's and General Practitioner s work in a number of settings including hospitals, clinics and schools.  The salaries of a Family Doctor and a General Practitioner varies depending on the location and the setting.  The assumption was made that the Family and General Practitioners reflected here were working an average of 40 hours per week with a total of 2080 hours per year.

Family and General Practitioner Salary: Median Hourly & Annual Data

HOURLY

Family and General Practitioners median salary is $67.50 per hour.  The lowest 10% earn $27.25 per hour and those in the upper 10% earn more than $70.00 per hour.

ANNUALLY

On an annual basis  the median Family and General Practitioner  salary is $140,400. The lowest 10% earn $56,680 per year while the upper 10% earn more than $145,600 per year.  These salaries are calculated as a mean or average. 

Lowest and Highest Family Doctor Salary

The lowest paid Family and General Practitioners earn less than $56,000 annually while the highest paid Family and General Practitioner s earn as much as $194,610 per year. 

Top 5 States

The best paying states for the Family Doctor and General Practitioners to earn a salary are Kansas $174,570, Maryland $165,210, Louisiana $164,100, Arkansas $160,980, and Wisconsin $160,250.

 top 5 Metropolitan Areas

The best city or metropolitan areas to earn a Family Doctor and General Practitioner  salary are Victoria, TX $145,600, Idaho Falls, ID $145,600, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA $145,600, Joplin, MO $194,610, and Danbury, CT 192,090

Private Practice Vs Employment

A rapidly growing trend in the healthcare arena is the use of the locum tenens.  This is a doctor who agrees to a short term contract to fill in for a doctor who is on leave or extended absence.  These contracts can be arranged individually by the doctor or through an intermediary such as an employment agency. 

The majority of doctors in the U.S. are considered as self-employed and/or small business's.  As such they operate a private practice or clinic. 

EMPLOYMENT DATA

There are over 112,000 Family and General Practitioners working in the U.S. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Approximately 65% of them are listed as working in physicians offices.  This is approximately 73,250.  A large number of family physicians and general practitioners are considered to be self-employed and are not captured by the US Bureau of Labor census.

Where They Work

Of all the Family and General Practitioner s employed in the United States only about 15% or 17,120 of them work in hospitals. A few can be found working in dental offices or laboratories.  A small percentage work for colleges, universities or outpatient care centers. 

Other Industries that employ Family and General Practitioner s

Managed care organizations, the federal and state government and employment services offer other employment opportunities for these professionals

Benefits

Fringe benefits are going to be similar to those offered by small business's or single proprietor business's.  A typical employment benefits package is worth over $20,000 per year.

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