How much do family practice physicians make in 2026?
Family practice physicians earn a national median of $244,180 a year ($117.39 an hour) per BLS OEWS May 2025 (SOC 29-1215), with a P25 of $162,420, a P75 of $334,270 and a P90 of $428,550. The $76,830 tenth percentile should not be read as an attending floor — it captures residents, part-time physicians and partial-year employment — so the P25 is the honest starting reference for a board-eligible family physician. Primary care income is built differently from procedural specialties: it rests on panel size, visit volume, payer mix and, increasingly, value-based contracts that pay for quality measures, risk adjustment and shared savings rather than for encounters alone. That is why two family physicians in the same city can differ by a hundred thousand dollars: one is salaried in a health system with a fixed panel, the other holds a risk contract on a Medicare Advantage population. Employment is projected to grow 2.7% through 2034 with roughly 3,300 openings a year. → Full family practice physician career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $244,180 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Family Practice Physicians earn a national median $244,180/yr ($117.39/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 29-1215); the P10 to P90 range is $76,830 to $428,550.
- The $76,830 tenth percentile reflects residents and part-time physicians; the $162,420 P25 is the realistic floor for a board-eligible family physician.
- Primary care income depends on panel size, payer mix and value-based contracts rather than on procedure volume, which is why identical roles can differ by six figures.
- Employment growth is 2.7% through 2034 with roughly 3,300 openings a year, and rural and underserved sites often pay above metropolitan academic posts.
US Family Practice Physician Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do family practice physicians earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 29-1215; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 29-1215, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a family practice physician earn at each career stage?
Family medicine pay follows panel maturity, payer mix and contract type rather than a procedural ladder. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 29-1215.
By State
Which states pay family practice physicians the most in 2026?
These are modeled state estimates — the BLS national median scaled by the GlobalCybers state wage index — not BLS state observations. For family medicine the local drivers are payer mix and workforce shortage rather than cost of living: Medicaid-heavy panels pay less per encounter, Medicare Advantage penetration creates risk-contract opportunity, and health professional shortage areas attract loan-repayment and recruitment incentives. State licensure and the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact govern cross-border practice, including telehealth.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($280,810), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay family practice physicians the most?
Modeled metro estimates: the national median scaled by the state wage index and then by that state's published metro index. They estimate local wage levels and are not BLS metropolitan-area observations.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a family practice physician’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does family practice physician pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Family Practice Physicians sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify family practice physician wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a family practice physician actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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