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Preventive 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.

BLS does not publish pay for preventive medicine physicians separately. Every pay figure on this page is for the BLS occupation “Physicians, All Other” (SOC 29-1229), which includes preventive medicine physicians and other jobs; it is not a figure for preventive medicine physicians alone.

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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 workers in the BLS occupation “Physicians, All Other” earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$265,930
Hourly
$127.85
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Preventive Medicine Physicians apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. The median pay is $265,930 a year ($127.85 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is post-doctoral training (74% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$265,930
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
342,720
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Post-Doctoral Training
74% of workers
Key facts

Preventive Medicine Physicians at a glance

  • Workers in the BLS occupation “Physicians, All Other” (which includes preventive medicine physicians) in the United States earned a median annual wage of $265,930 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 preventive medicine physicians in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimated that 342,720 people were employed as preventive 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 preventive medicine physicians do day to day

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

  1. Direct or manage prevention programs in specialty areas such as aerospace, occupational, infectious disease, and environmental medicine.
  2. Document or review comprehensive patients' histories with an emphasis on occupation or environmental risks.
  3. Identify groups at risk for specific preventable diseases or injuries.
  4. Perform epidemiological investigations of acute and chronic diseases.
  5. Supervise or coordinate the work of physicians, nurses, statisticians, or other professional staff members.
  6. Design or use surveillance tools, such as screening, lab reports, and vital records, to identify health risks.
  7. Evaluate the effectiveness of prescribed risk reduction measures or other interventions.
  8. Provide information about potential health hazards and possible interventions to the media, the public, other health care professionals, or local, state, and federal health authorities.
Where this career works

Industries that employ it

Data Share of all preventive medicine physician jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix). Figures cover all physicians, all other (SOC 29-1229), the broader occupation.

  1. Ambulatory healthcare services47.1% of all jobs in this occupation · +5.4% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $298,900
  2. Hospitals; state, local, and private30.6% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.7% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $218,610
  3. Government, excluding state and local education and hospitals11.1% of all jobs in this occupation · -4.9% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $290,580
  4. Educational services; state, local, and private5.9% of all jobs in this occupation · +2.5% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $119,060
  5. Administrative and support services0.6% of all jobs in this occupation · +1.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $271,800
  6. Professional, scientific, and technical services0.5% of all jobs in this occupation · +13.7% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $230,600

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.

Reading ComprehensioncoreComplex Problem SolvingcoreJudgment and Decision MakingcoreActive ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingWritingMonitoringSocial Perceptiveness

Knowledge areas: Medicine and Dentistry, Biology, English Language, Education and Training, Public Safety and Security, Psychology.

Tools and technology

Software preventive medicine physicians use

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

  • SASAnalytical or scientific softwareHot technology
  • The MathWorks MATLABAnalytical or scientific softwareHot technology
  • Biostatistical softwareAnalytical or scientific software
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epi InfoAnalytical or scientific software
  • Epidemiological softwareAnalytical or scientific software
  • Insightful S-PLUSAnalytical or scientific software
  • Medical surveillance softwareAnalytical or scientific software
  • NCSSAnalytical or scientific software
  • NCSS Power Analysis and Sample Size PASSAnalytical or scientific software
  • NetEpiAnalytical or scientific software
  • OpenEpiAnalytical or scientific software
  • Patient electronic medical record EMR softwareMedical software

Also called: Occupational Medicine Physician, Occupational Physician, Physician, Primary Clinician, Public Health Officer.

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).
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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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