The Highest Paid General Pediatricians in the USA: Where These Doctors Make The Best Salaries

© Copyright 2011 by Aurelio Locsin.

General pediatricians handle the medical treatment of children from birth until young adulthood. They often see one patient over several years, and all the children in the same family. The U.S. Department of Labor asserts that 30,100 pediatricians earn a mean $79.67 per hour or $165,720 per year. This is just under four times the national average for all workers in the country, which runs $21.35 per hour or $44,410 per year. This is also almost 10 percent less than the mean earnings of family practitioners at $83.59 per hour or $173,860 per year.

Over 70 percent of all general pediatricians work in the offices of physicians, which include those working for themselves. Here, they earn a mean $81.12 per hour or $168,730 per year. The second biggest employers are general medical and surgical hospitals, with 14 percent of the total jobs, and averages at $76.80 per hour or $159,750. The third biggest workplaces, with almost 6 percent of the jobs, are outpatient care centers. They also have the highest pay for the profession at a mean $87.54 per hour or $182,090 per year. The second highest wages are in the offices of other health practitioners at a mean $87.03 per hour or $181,010 per year. Local government ranks third for salaries at a mean $82.35 per hour or $171,280 per year.

For states, the highest employment levels for general pediatricians correlate with the highest population. Number one for both is California, where 5.390 of these professionals earn a mean $79.66 per hour or $165,690 per year. Ranking second for jobs and population is Texas with 3,200 receiving a mean $77.69 per hour or $161,610 per year. New York ranks third for both factors, with 2,570 doctors averaging $76.26 per hour or $158,630 per year. In terms of pay, Montana tops the list with means at $112.95 per hour or $234,940 per year. Number two belongs to Nebraska at a mean $110.78 per hour or $230,240 per year, followed by Oregon at a mean $101.47 per hour or $211,060 per year.

For cities, population also correlates with numbers of jobs. Ranking firstr one for both is New York City, where 2,040 earn a mean $72.13 per hour or $150,030 per year. Second is Los Angeles, where 1,290 medical professionals get a mean $81.76 per hour or $170,070 per year. Houston, Texas, is third with 1,060 receiving a mean $67.14 per hour or $139,650 per year. For salaries, Virginia Beach, Virginia, is first at a mean $113.95 per hour or $237,020 per year, followed by Toledo, Ohio, at a mean $113.07 per hour or $235,180 per year. Lowell, Massachusetts, is third at $107.92 per hour or $224,460 per year.