Pediatrician Los Angeles California
Compensation
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Job Description
Pediatric MD or DO Opportunity
The Pediatric Physician is a member of the interdisciplinary health care team which functions to meet the objectives of the programs in our facility. The Pediatric Physician will be responsible for providing complete clinical care for all patients under the direction of the Medical Director and by written protocols.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Obtain medical, social, and developmental histories of infants and children extending into young adulthood
Perform physical exams and immunizations on all infant and children patients.
Provide health education and counseling on pediatric services
Completion of all relevant forms including appropriate disability, work restrictions, health status forms, etc.
Management of all acute and chronic illnesses to and above community standards at all times.
Consult with and Refer to appropriate specialist in regards to high risk or complex patients.
Provide consultations to other Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Medical Assistant
Additional details:
Required: Active California Medical License (M.D. or D.O.) or in the process of acquiring
Active DEA License
Board eligible or board certified in Family Medicine - Will not consider Internal Medicine physicians
Scope: Newborns to age 20
Preference: Bilingual English/Spanish
Active Medi-Cal providers
Experience: Open to new grads and experienced providers
We do not provide Visa sponsorship
We qualify for state and federal loan repayment
Schedule:
Only full-time available, will not consider part-time
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
No night or weekend call
20-24 patients per day
Depending on the site EMR (Amazing charts) or only paper charts with electronic prescriptions
Benefits
Benefits
Health, Vision, Dental
PTO
10 Paid Holidays
Loan Forgiveness
401k with match
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Pediatrics — Physician Career Context
In California, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$264k (97 salary observations; 237 listings), vs ~$242k nationally (500 salary observations; 1,997 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 70% have no call, 34% require no weekends.
Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is up 14.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
- No nights
- Includes call
Living in Los Angeles
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $923k
- Typical market rent
- $2,778/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 31 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 113.6
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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