Family Medicine Physicians in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$209,559
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$96,471
31.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$214,933
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$306,030
Kept after tax
$209,559
Worth in national money
$214,933
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for family medicine physicians is strong here. Pennsylvania's middle earner gets $306,030, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 25.33% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports, family medicine physicians comes in at 1 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $306,030, tax leaves $209,559, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $214,933 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $298,410.
- For family medicine physicians, Pennsylvania sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $306,030, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 25.33% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Family medicine physicians ranks 1 of 492 occupations by median in Pennsylvania, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for family medicine physicians — median $306,030 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $209,559 retained, $214,933 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $298,410 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $156,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $306,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $413,250 |
| This salary | $306,030 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Pennsylvania | $209,559 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $218,955 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,387 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $291,034 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,111 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of family medicine physicians in Pennsylvania earn under $306,030 and half over. The published range runs $156,000 at the tenth percentile to $413,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $209,559 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $306,030. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 1 of 492.
- Two cautions on $214,933, the adjusted value of that $306,030 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Pennsylvania. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 1 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for family medicine physicians in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $156,000 to $413,250; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $209,559, from $306,030, assumes a single Pennsylvania filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 1 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $214,933 adjusted figure, worked from $306,030, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 1 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 1 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $156,000 at the bottom tenth to $413,250 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Pennsylvania is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $214,933 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Pennsylvania's own levy, $209,559 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($156,000) and the ninetieth ($413,250) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $214,933 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $209,559 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.