In a number of U.S. cities, physicians are among the highest-paid jobs across all industries. But regardless of specialty, their pay differs drastically from one city to another, according to a recent series of analyses from Zippia.
The job-search site analyzed 2023 compensation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Foreign Labor Certification Data Center and Office of Personnel Management to determine the highest-paying jobs in cities across the U.S. Zippia's data science team supplements the data by continuousy scanning through millions of job postings to find their published salaries, and comparing these to companies, job titles and locations in other data sets. A weighted average is calculated to determine an estimated salary for more than 1,000 job titles in each city.
Here are the three highest-paying healthcare jobs in 75 U.S. cities, sorted in alphabetical order, according to Zippia:
- Hematologist — $263,711
- Urologist — $262,516
- Medical director — $223,429
- Hospitalist physician — $277,465
- Physician — $257,932
- Hospitalist — $252,040
- Physician — $241,414
- Anesthesiologist — $231,526
- OB-GYN — $226,808
- Neurosurgeon — $581,950
- Nephrologist — $468,871
- Hematologist — $450,419
- Physician — $262,833
- Hospitalist physician — $241,617
- Psychiatrist — $233,568
- Physician — $285,074
- Hospitalist physician — $274,479
- Physician extender — $229,026
- Oral surgeon — $325,580
- Anesthesiologist — $324,452
- Assistant professor of surgery — $319,386
- Hospitalist physician — $258,874
- Physician — $252,509
- Medical director — $221,922
- OB-GYN — $279,533
- Hospitalist physician — $274,665
- Pediatrician — $270,245
- Anesthesiologist — $328,427
- Anesthesia assistant — $320,770
- Rheumatologist — $320,730
- Urologist — $292,846
- Occupational Health Physician — $233,145
- Physician — $231,467
- Physician — $256,973
- Staff Physician — $215,054
- Family practice physician — $198,926
- Anesthesiologist — $404,903
- Rheumatologist — $341,346
- Cardiothoracic surgeon — $316,393
- Physician — $279,552
- Endodontist — $202,862
- Hospitalist — $196,834
- Anesthesiologist — $310,579
- Physician — $299,250
- Hospitalist physician — $274,494
- Physician — $284,899
- Outpatient psychiatrist — $233,252
- Nephrologist — $229,211
- Anesthesiologist — $419,993
- Dermatologist — $374,352
- Pulmonologist — $357,491
- Physician — $300,122
- Hospitalist physician — $275,558
- Medical director — $237,191
- Anesthesiologist — $415,365
- Cardiothoracic surgeon — $398,568
- Neurosurgeon — $324,743
- Anesthesiologist — $335,415
- Hematologist — $280,062
- Hospitalist physician — $261,898
- Oral surgeon — $452,231
- Oral and maxillofacial surgeon — $368,464
- Trauma surgeon — $344,767
- Colorectal surgeon — $415,767
- Neurosurgeon — $368,404
- Transplant surgeon — $365,294
- Anesthesiologist — $435,428
- Neurosurgeon — $365,578
- Pulmonologist — $352,709
- Radiologist — $354,891
- Vascular surgeon — $306,520
- Neonatologist — $292,665
- Assistant professor of surgery — $325,274
- Psychiatrist — $265,531
- Physician — $236,306
- Dermatologist — $405,395
- Oncologist — $403,960
- Hematologist — $398,044
- Physician — $289,973
- Interventional pain physician — $245,139
- Hospitalist — $238,354
- Surgeon's assistant — $347,126
- Physician — $303,889
- Neurosurgeon — $300,492
- Cardiothoracic surgeon — $379,007
- Radiologist — $362,339
- Dermatologist — $342,780
- Assistant professor of surgery — $383,344
- Physician — $291,318
- Hospitalist physician — $272,113
- Assistant professor of surgery — $332,385
- Rheumatologist — $329,325
- Cardiologist — $298,636
- Physician — $266,393
- Hospitalist physician — $263,376
- Cardiologist — $251,160
- Foot and ankle surgeon — $312,353
- Anesthesiologist — $304,637
- Pulmonologist — $286,899
- Cardiologist — $326,750
- Psychiatrist — $293,650
- Hospitalist physician — $282,271
- Anesthesiologist — $320,898
- Physician — $292,019
- Hospitalist physician — $273,133
- Anesthesiologist — $331,047
- Hospitalist physician — $271,743
- Pulmonary physician — $260,731
- Assistant professor of surgery — $309,018
- Hospitalist Physician — $263,335
- Physician — $247,820
- Anesthesiologist — $274,475
- Interventional pain physician — $260,660
- Pediatric associate — $259,807
- Anesthesiologist — $360,207
- Thoracic surgeon — $332,009
- Physician — $295,354
- Physician — $279,115
- Anesthesiologist — $258,697
- Hospitalist physician — $244,952
- Anesthesiologist — $493,484
- Neurosurgeon — $361,303
- Transplant surgeon — $341,679
- Oral surgeon — $539,590
- Thoracic surgeon — $490,616
- Cardiothoracic surgeon — $461,736
- Anesthesiologist — $352,405
- Thoracic surgeon — $352,054
- Physiatrist — $279,786
- Physician — $270,506
- Reconstructive surgeon — $265,519
- Hospitalist physician — $262,905
- Oral surgeon — $380,583
- Anesthesiologist — $358,369
- Gynecologist — $330,364
- Psychiatrist — $272,519
- Clinical sciences professor — $245,776
- Chief medical officer — $241,957
- Physician — $282,289
- Radiologist — $261,910
- Geriatric physician — $251,215
- Hospitalist physician — $272,220
- Pediatrician — $266,445
- Physician — $227,561
- Physician — $279,042
- Psychiatrist — $206,199
- Primary Care Physician — $202,920
- Cardiothoracic surgeon — $412,620
- Anesthesiologist — $404,965
- Rheumatologist — $321,482
- Anesthesiologist — $369,243
- Trauma surgeon — $339,112
- Dermatologist — $323,127
- Anesthesiologist — $313,002
- Anesthesiologist — $286,815
- Oncologist — $269,250
- Cardiothoracic surgeon — $399,268
- Anesthesiologist — $392,800
- Transplant surgeon — $361,059
- Assistant professor of surgery — $470,384
- Dermatologist — $371,929
- Anesthesiologist — $351,730
- Anesthesiologist — $332,369
- Trauma surgeon — $287,245
- Vascular surgeon — $263,637
- Anesthesiologist — $326,135
- Pulmonary physician — $269,483
- Hospitalist physician — $260,985
- Anesthesiologist — $367,787
- Oncologist — $299,334
- Trauma surgeon — $287,096
- Physician — $283,402
- Hospitalist physician — $253,775
- Geriatric physician — $221,383
- Anesthesiologist — $519,498
- Radiologist — $403,120
- Oncologist — $368,894
- Nephrologist — $287,207
- Psychiatrist — $281,212
- Cardiologist — $272,825
- Anesthesiologist — $357,717
- Psychiatrist — $272,540
- Child and adolescent psychiatrist — $271,005
- Hospitalist physician — $277,438
- Staff psychiatrist — $270,504
- Psychiatrist — $270,121
- Physician — $274,799
- Internist — $260,612
- Hospitalist physician — $246,365
- Thoracic surgeon — $441,520
- Pediatric surgeon — $411,956
- Neurosurgeon — $399,453
- Physician — $249,662
- OB-GYN — $206,657
- Dentist — $148,351
- Anesthesiologist — $392,662
- Hematologist — $327,064
- Cardiologist — $284,943
- Allergist/immunologist — $338,289
- Anesthesiologist — $327,880
- Rheumatologist — $318,844
- Physician — $280,953
- Radiologist — $255,787
- Hospitalist physician — $249,164
- Anesthesiologist — $438,524
- Radiologist — $325,962
- Hospitalist physician — $260,442
- Rheumatologist — $350,485
- Pediatric associate — $321,220
- Cardiologist — $296,385
- Physician — $220,421
- Hospitalist — $213,065
- Internal medicine physician — $205,538
- Anesthesiologist — $299,852
- Dermatologist — $262,966
- Radiologist — $257,312
- Physician — $269,297
- Hospitalist physician — $243,163
- Pulmonary physician — $238,569
- Anesthesiologist — $340,154
- Hematologist — $288,655
- Radiologist — $266,845
- Anesthesiologist — $374,849
- Dermatologist — $328,480
- Physician — $249,904