Family Medicine Physicians in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$153,173
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$69,457
31.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$152,034
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Virginia — 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
$222,630
Kept after tax
$153,173
Worth in national money
$152,034
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Virginia pays family medicine physicians a middle wage of $222,630, 43 of 51 states and about 8.83% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Virginia reports, family medicine physicians comes in at 4 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Virginia costs about what the country costs, so from $222,630, take-home of $153,173 is worth roughly $152,034 in national money. The average comes to $252,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Virginia's $222,630 median for family medicine physicians places it 43 of 51 states, about 8.83% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Family medicine physicians ranks 4 of 489 occupations by median in Virginia, 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.
- Price parity in Virginia is near the national base, so for family medicine physicians, whose median is $222,630, the adjusted figure of $152,034 differs little from $153,173 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $252,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $103,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $222,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $443,010 |
| This salary | $222,630 |
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 Virginia | $153,173 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $165,214 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,982 |
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 | $205,765 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$24,223 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $222,630 as a midpoint for Virginia, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $103,720 and the ninetieth is $443,010 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $153,173, from $222,630, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 4 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $152,034, the adjusted value of that $222,630 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. 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 4 of 489 locally.
- The Virginia median of $222,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $103,720 to $443,010. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $153,173 from $222,630. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 4 of 489 locally.
- This $152,034 adjusted figure, worked from $222,630, 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 4 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 4 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $252,590 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $103,720, the highest tenth $443,010, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $152,034 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 Virginia's own levy, $153,173 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Virginia is $252,590. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($103,720) and the ninetieth ($443,010) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $152,034 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $153,173 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Virginia 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.