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Family Medicine Physician: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

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Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of family medicine physicians earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$244,180
Hourly
$117.39
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Family Medicine Physicians diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to individuals and families across the lifespan. The median pay is $244,180 a year ($117.39 an hour) (BLS, May 2025).

Median pay
$244,180
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
107,510
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Key facts

Family Medicine Physicians at a glance

  • Family medicine physicians in the United States earned a median annual wage of $244,180 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

  • In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a doctoral or professional degree as the typical entry-level education for family medicine physicians in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS projects employment of family medicine physicians in the United States to grow 3.3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,900 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimated that 107,510 people were employed as family medicine physicians in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

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The work

What family medicine physicians do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
  2. Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
  3. Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
  4. Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
  5. Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
  6. Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
  7. Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
  8. Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
Where this career works

Industries that employ it

Data Share of all family medicine physician jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix).

  1. Ambulatory healthcare services72.9% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.3% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $257,380
  2. Hospitals; state, local, and private17.9% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $257,290
  3. Educational services; state, local, and private2.0% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.0% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $166,540
  4. Government, excluding state and local education and hospitals2.0% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.0% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $278,570
  5. Management of companies and enterprises0.9% of all jobs in this occupation · +4.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $245,300
  6. Administrative and support services0.1% of all jobs in this occupation · -0.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $261,680

Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.

Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Critical ThinkingcoreReading ComprehensioncoreActive ListeningcoreWritingSpeakingComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingTime ManagementActive Learning

Knowledge areas: Medicine and Dentistry, English Language, Therapy and Counseling, Psychology, Biology, Customer and Personal Service.

Tools and technology

Software family medicine physicians use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • Epic SystemsMedical softwareIn demand
  • MEDITECH softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • eClinicalWorks EHR softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • Acrendo Medical Software Family Practice EMRMedical software
  • Allscripts Professional EHRMedical software
  • Billing softwareBilling and invoicing software
  • Brickell Research Brickell Medical OfficeMedical software
  • ChartWare EMRMedical software
  • EpocratesMedical software
  • Greenway Health PrimeSuiteMedical software
  • Med MathMedical software
  • MedcomSoft RecordMedical software

Also called: Board Certified Family Physician, Family Physician, Family Practice Medical Doctor (FP MD), Family Practice Physician (FP Physician), Family Practitioner.

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).

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