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General Internal Medicine Physicians · SOC 29-1216

General Internal Medicine Physicians Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$243,230
Median hourly wage$116.94

General Internal Medicine Physicians in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $243,230 per year ($116.94 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $84,750 at the 10th percentile to $340,410 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,220 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of General Internal Medicine Physicians in the Boston metro area earn more than $243,230 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $96,460 and $309,560.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$84,750$96,460$243,230$309,560$340,410
Hourly$40.75$46.37$116.94$148.83$163.66

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $243,230
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $285,250
  • United Statesnational
    $256,560

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −15% vs Massachusetts overall and −5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$63,430$204,253$345,077$485,900Rockford, IL — $63,430Charleston, WV — $63,540Champaign-Urbana, IL — $63,800Odessa, TX — $65,630Tyler, TX — $65,810Jonesboro, AR — $67,830Billings, MT — $68,850Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $68,870Johnson City, TN — $73,290Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $74,680Rochester, NY — $78,990Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $81,550Iowa City, IA — $82,590Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $99,840New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $105,960Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $107,480Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $114,090Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $127,190Binghamton, NY — $129,660Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $136,610Glens Falls, NY — $140,720Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $149,990Salisbury, MD — $152,700Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $159,330Youngstown-Warren, OH — $163,590Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $174,990Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $179,390Lexington-Fayette, KY — $180,790Omaha, NE-IA — $185,110Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $186,600Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $195,960St. Louis, MO-IL — $199,310Lafayette, LA — $201,140Corpus Christi, TX — $206,410North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $207,230Homosassa Springs, FL — $209,950Lexington Park, MD — $213,780Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $214,620Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $216,300Oklahoma City, OK — $216,570Springfield, IL — $218,310Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $221,400Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $223,250Albany, GA — $223,400Asheville, NC — $225,830Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $226,060Port St. Lucie, FL — $227,140Roanoke, VA — $227,320Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $227,660Reno, NV — $228,200San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $228,210Jacksonville, FL — $228,220Greensboro-High Point, NC — $228,550Pittsfield, MA — $228,740Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $228,950Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $232,220Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $236,920Naples-Marco Island, FL — $236,970Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $239,200Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $239,200Barnstable Town, MA — $239,200Green Bay, WI — $239,200Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $239,200La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $239,200Lake Charles, LA — $239,200Lima, OH — $239,200Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $239,200Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $239,200Rapid City, SD — $239,200Rochester, MN — $239,200Sheboygan, WI — $239,200Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $239,200Terre Haute, IN — $239,200Urban Honolulu, HI — $239,200Yakima, WA — $239,200Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $240,020El Paso, TX — $240,990Fayetteville, NC — $243,080Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $243,230Columbus, OH — $249,990Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $256,790Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $256,940Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $259,320Tucson, AZ — $264,320Syracuse, NY — $269,270Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $269,700Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $274,410Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $276,520New Haven, CT — $277,290Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $281,050Athens-Clarke County, GA — $281,100San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $282,200Spartanburg, SC — $284,250Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $288,290Missoula, MT — $288,870Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $289,470Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $289,780San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $289,840Raleigh-Cary, NC — $291,060Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $291,090Chattanooga, TN-GA — $291,200Pittsburgh, PA — $291,570Hot Springs, AR — $292,120Winston-Salem, NC — $293,840Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $296,980Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $298,620Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $299,990Muncie, IN — $303,660Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $303,680Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $303,930Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $303,980Portland-South Portland, ME — $304,390Visalia, CA — $307,430Bloomington, IN — $307,510Knoxville, TN — $314,020Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $314,720Manchester-Nashua, NH — $317,680Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $321,150Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $322,890Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $324,150College Station-Bryan, TX — $326,090Madison, WI — $329,670Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $330,200Toledo, OH — $330,220Duluth, MN-WI — $333,090Jackson, MS — $333,460Birmingham, AL — $334,100Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $334,330Fargo, ND-MN — $338,400Colorado Springs, CO — $339,290Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $340,010York-Hanover, PA — $344,040Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $344,220Grand Forks, ND-MN — $344,930San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $347,870Florence, SC — $348,250Bismarck, ND — $351,580San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $351,670Macon-Bibb County, GA — $354,430Boise City, ID — $355,390Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $358,050Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $360,610Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $361,590Anchorage, AK — $366,650Worcester, MA — $369,930Lincoln, NE — $369,980Ithaca, NY — $370,320Tulsa, OK — $377,580Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $379,490Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $385,880Jackson, TN — $412,460Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $416,860Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $430,970South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $485,900

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 76th-highest published median for this occupation among the 154 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for general internal medicine physicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $243,230
  • Worcester metro area
    $369,930
  • Pittsfield metro area
    $228,740

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$106,180Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$79,480Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$82,190Pharmacy Technicians$46,890Physicians, All Other$229,870Nurse Practitioners$147,480

Highest-paying metro areas for general internal medicine physicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.