• What is the average salary of a family physician?

    According to 2022 data from the Family Medicine Career Benchmark Dashboard, the average full-time family physician's compensation is $274,359.

    On average, full-time starting family physicians made $236,079 salary plus bonus while physicians with 20 or more years in practice made $292,373.

    Family Physician Income State by State

    Family physicians reported full-time salary plus bonus ranging from $216,000 in Rhode Island to $332,000 in Nebraska. 

    How family physicians are paid

    Physician compensation commonly is structured around elements like base salary, incentives or bonuses, productivity, supervision responsibilities, and hourly wages. 

    Details are important in compensation data. Experience, location, practice type, gender and race especially influence income.

    Dig in so you can get a realistic perspective on what you should be paid. 

    Where to find family physician compensation data

    The AAFP’s Family Medicine Career Benchmark Dashboard is free for AAFP members and offers the most comprehensive way for family physicians to compare compensation levels across the specialty.

    The dashboard features real-world responses from more than 7,500 peers in the specialty and dozens of filters to help you narrow down the details.

    AAFP Member Advantage partner Resolve also offers salary data based on MGMA data and their database of employment contract offers.

    Using the Family Medicine Career Benchmark Dashboard

    Discover how the career benchmark dashboard can help you get the right details with more than a dozen custom filters.

     

     

    Compare family medicine incomes for free using the Career Benchmark Dashboard.

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