Pediatricians, General in District of Columbia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,808
after federal, FICA and District of Columbia tax
Tax takes
$18,432
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,879
District of Columbia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the bottom tenth percentile for this work in District of Columbia — 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
$79,240
Kept after tax
$60,808
Worth in national money
$54,879
State rank
49
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. District of Columbia pays pediatricians, general a middle wage of $79,240, 49 of 49 states and about 62.27% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in District of Columbia, this sits in the middle: 191 of 390 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,240, tax leaves $60,808 — and because District of Columbia is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $54,879 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $116,210, since top earners drag the number up.
- District of Columbia's $79,240 median for pediatricians, general places it 49 of 49 states, about 62.27% 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.
- Pediatricians, general ranks 191 of 390 occupations in District of Columbia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $60,808 remains from the District of Columbia median of $79,240 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $54,879 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $116,210 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $221,960 |
| This salary | $79,240 |
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 District of Columbia | $60,808 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,575 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,573 |
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 | $73,885 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,582 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 111 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in District of Columbia earn less than $79,240. The published range is $79,240 up to $221,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In District of Columbia the take-home figure of $60,808, from $79,240, 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 191 of 390 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $54,879, the adjusted value of that $79,240 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of District of Columbia. 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 191 of 390 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for pediatricians, general in District of Columbia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,240 to $221,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for District of Columbia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,808 from $79,240. 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 191 of 390 locally.
- This $54,879 adjusted figure, worked from $79,240, 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 191 of 390 in the state. The occupation ranks 191 of 390 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $116,210, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $79,240, the highest tenth $221,960, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. District of Columbia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $54,879 rather than its face figure.
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 District of Columbia's own levy, $60,808 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 District of Columbia is $116,210. 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 ($79,240) and the ninetieth ($221,960) 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?
District of Columbia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $54,879 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 $60,808 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and District of Columbia 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.