Pay distribution $112,820 10th $139,280 25th $341,380 75th $384,160 90th
Half of Physicians, All Other in the Birmingham metro area earn more than $237,040 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $139,280 and $341,380.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $112,820 $139,280 $237,040 $341,380 $384,160 Hourly $54.24 $66.96 $113.96 $164.13 $184.69
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.
How this area compares Birmingham metro areathis metro area
$237,040 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $139,280 to $341,380
$272,610 median for Alabama; middle half earns $139,280 to $357,010
$265,930 median for United States; middle half earns $102,930 to $378,770
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −13% vs Alabama overall and −11% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $63,950 $215,267 $366,583 $517,900 Morgantown, WV — $63,950 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $65,290 Greenville, NC — $65,890 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $68,220 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $71,540 Erie, PA — $73,600 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $74,500 Winston-Salem, NC — $74,700 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $75,780 Reading, PA — $77,820 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $78,370 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $80,190 Springfield, MA — $80,750 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $94,820 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $95,900 New Haven, CT — $98,840 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $98,870 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $108,510 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $119,600 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $121,040 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $124,130 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $125,010 Kansas City, MO-KS — $126,260 Gainesville, GA — $130,500 Spartanburg, SC — $131,460 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $133,880 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $140,880 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $141,670 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $149,360 Bellingham, WA — $150,920 Wichita, KS — $151,470 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $156,000 Punta Gorda, FL — $160,830 Yuma, AZ — $162,020 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $163,900 Johnstown, PA — $178,240 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $179,910 Hot Springs, AR — $181,120 Tyler, TX — $182,690 Pittsburgh, PA — $187,680 Sebring, FL — $189,990 Columbus, GA-AL — $191,360 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $193,890 Vallejo, CA — $194,540 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $196,760 Harrisonburg, VA — $197,580 Homosassa Springs, FL — $198,080 Flint, MI — $199,990 Odessa, TX — $200,310 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $200,820 Valdosta, GA — $204,720 Gadsden, AL — $207,450 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $207,770 Lima, OH — $208,000 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $208,710 Sandusky, OH — $209,150 Monroe, MI — $210,090 Winchester, VA-WV — $210,550 Lancaster, PA — $211,250 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $213,870 Rochester, NY — $214,550 Columbus, OH — $214,760 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $217,670 Tallahassee, FL — $217,800 Lexington Park, MD — $218,270 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $218,770 Victoria, TX — $219,640 Walla Walla, WA — $219,860 Jefferson City, MO — $220,460 Cleveland, TN — $221,420 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $222,410 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $222,820 Ogden, UT — $223,600 Port St. Lucie, FL — $224,530 Peoria, IL — $224,690 Terre Haute, IN — $225,970 San Angelo, TX — $226,100 Glens Falls, NY — $228,480 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $228,710 Mayaguez, PR — $229,760 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $229,870 Ocala, FL — $231,840 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $232,880 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $232,960 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $234,000 Santa Fe, NM — $234,790 Saginaw, MI — $234,950 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $235,360 College Station-Bryan, TX — $236,170 Birmingham, AL — $237,040 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $238,040 Chambersburg, PA — $238,260 Battle Creek, MI — $238,660 Longview, TX — $239,170 Bend, OR — $239,200 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $239,200 Cedar Rapids, IA — $239,200 Fayetteville, NC — $239,200 Medford, OR — $239,200 Napa, CA — $239,200 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $239,200 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $239,680 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $243,330 Tuscaloosa, AL — $243,530 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $245,810 Jackson, TN — $245,880 St. Louis, MO-IL — $246,440 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $247,290 Cleveland, OH — $248,400 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $248,400 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $249,480 Warner Robins, GA — $250,040 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $252,370 Logan, UT-ID — $252,630 Wilmington, NC — $252,960 Corpus Christi, TX — $253,530 Ponce, PR — $253,660 Lawton, OK — $254,300 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $254,690 Carson City, NV — $257,310 Iowa City, IA — $257,340 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $258,130 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $258,380 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $258,650 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $258,750 Tulsa, OK — $259,220 Clarksville, TN-KY — $264,060 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $265,000 Laredo, TX — $265,860 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $265,930 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $266,280 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $267,690 Morristown, TN — $267,730 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $269,000 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $271,750 Merced, CA — $273,110 Lynchburg, VA — $273,740 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $275,080 Knoxville, TN — $276,370 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $276,600 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $277,850 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $278,460 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $279,090 Altoona, PA — $279,160 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $279,930 Johnson City, TN — $280,260 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $280,490 Traverse City, MI — $280,490 Beckley, WV — $281,110 Boise City, ID — $281,440 Jacksonville, NC — $282,050 Colorado Springs, CO — $282,900 Florence, SC — $282,920 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $283,600 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $283,730 Richmond, VA — $284,090 Lake Charles, LA — $284,440 Montgomery, AL — $285,260 Charleston, WV — $285,470 Charlottesville, VA — $286,090 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $286,310 Syracuse, NY — $286,920 Redding, CA — $287,080 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $287,200 Utica-Rome, NY — $287,370 Dalton, GA — $287,800 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $289,010 El Paso, TX — $289,950 Lebanon, PA — $290,120 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $290,330 Omaha, NE-IA — $290,460 Gainesville, FL — $291,160 Wichita Falls, TX — $292,330 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $292,490 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $292,490 Yakima, WA — $293,080 Akron, OH — $293,090 Monroe, LA — $293,170 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $293,200 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $293,630 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $294,360 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $294,490 Manhattan, KS — $294,890 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $295,020 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $295,200 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $295,480 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $295,640 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $295,940 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $296,840 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $296,910 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $296,960 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $298,320 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $298,600 Lafayette, LA — $299,990 Springfield, MO — $300,000 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $300,040 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $301,270 Elizabethtown, KY — $301,500 Madison, WI — $301,940 Toledo, OH — $302,450 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $302,660 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $304,090 Worcester, MA — $304,380 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $305,510 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $305,610 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $307,290 Oklahoma City, OK — $307,800 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $308,280 Goldsboro, NC — $309,210 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $309,880 Dubuque, IA — $309,930 Pueblo, CO — $311,190 Jonesboro, AR — $312,020 Columbia, MO — $312,080 Waco, TX — $312,520 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $313,460 Williamsport, PA — $313,620 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $313,710 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $314,220 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $314,460 Casper, WY — $315,050 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $315,230 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $315,350 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $315,380 Fresno, CA — $315,390 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $315,630 Helena, MT — $316,530 Hattiesburg, MS — $319,400 Wheeling, WV-OH — $321,820 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $323,050 Modesto, CA — $323,580 Rockford, IL — $323,660 Joplin, MO-KS — $324,090 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $326,440 Lincoln, NE — $326,620 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $327,040 Albuquerque, NM — $327,670 Binghamton, NY — $328,150 Lubbock, TX — $328,740 St. George, UT — $329,620 Albany, OR — $329,720 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $330,560 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $330,890 Hammond, LA — $332,610 Rocky Mount, NC — $332,950 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $333,860 Missoula, MT — $334,110 Chico, CA — $334,980 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $335,670 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $338,170 Urban Honolulu, HI — $339,290 Bloomington, IN — $340,220 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $341,070 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $341,440 Evansville, IN — $342,470 Cheyenne, WY — $342,800 Albany, GA — $346,640 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $347,180 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $347,620 Pittsfield, MA — $347,840 Grand Junction, CO — $348,710 Alexandria, LA — $349,010 Reno, NV — $349,200 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $349,720 Jacksonville, FL — $349,990 Burlington, NC — $350,130 Decatur, AL — $351,790 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $352,230 Rome, GA — $353,400 Anchorage, AK — $353,870 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $354,130 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $354,700 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $355,390 Bloomington, IL — $356,830 Huntsville, AL — $357,010 Savannah, GA — $357,050 Tucson, AZ — $357,070 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $357,080 Ann Arbor, MI — $359,800 Asheville, NC — $360,010 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $361,730 Dothan, AL — $363,120 Kenosha, WI — $363,890 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $364,040 Wausau, WI — $364,260 Amarillo, TX — $364,420 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $364,620 Duluth, MN-WI — $364,710 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $367,050 Rochester, MN — $367,320 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $368,750 Columbus, IN — $369,300 El Centro, CA — $370,290 Canton-Massillon, OH — $372,510 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $373,150 Salem, OR — $373,970 Columbia, SC — $374,300 Springfield, OH — $374,300 Mobile, AL — $375,250 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $376,740 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $377,580 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $378,730 Paducah, KY-IL — $378,880 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $383,720 Salinas, CA — $384,990 Las Cruces, NM — $387,450 Fort Wayne, IN — $388,320 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $388,960 Bangor, ME — $389,240 St. Cloud, MN — $391,660 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $394,170 Kankakee, IL — $400,280 Owensboro, KY — $401,180 Salisbury, MD — $402,980 Sheboygan, WI — $403,750 Appleton, WI — $406,080 Bowling Green, KY — $407,570 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $411,200 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $411,670 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $412,490 Baton Rouge, LA — $413,620 Midland, TX — $417,970 Eau Claire, WI — $418,650 Fargo, ND-MN — $418,980 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $421,490 Mankato, MN — $421,630 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $423,260 Decatur, IL — $429,340 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $429,900 Lawrence, KS — $432,860 Green Bay, WI — $435,420 Muncie, IN — $436,300 Portland-South Portland, ME — $442,790 Topeka, KS — $451,910 Boulder, CO — $453,460 Bismarck, ND — $454,550 Grants Pass, OR — $460,430 Mansfield, OH — $478,020 Texarkana, TX-AR — $516,930 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $517,900 Birmingham metro area 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 Birmingham metro area has the 251st-highest published median for this occupation among the 340 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 Alabama Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for physicians, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Birmingham metro areathis page
$237,040 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $139,280 to $341,380
$375,250 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $272,610 to $395,050
$363,120 median for Dothan metro area; middle half earns $210,760 to $480,580
$357,010 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $216,500 to $357,010
$351,790 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $220,790 to $351,790
$293,630 median for Auburn metro area; middle half earns $138,740 to $428,790
$285,260 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $125,730 to $396,110
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .