Per Diem Primary Care Physician
Listed compensation
$134-$165/hr
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Job DetailsJob Location: Los Angeles, CA 90027Position Type: Per DiemSalary Range: $134.00 - $165.00 HourlyQualifications
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive primary care services to patients in a clinical setting. Manage patient health records and coordinate treatment plans effectively.
Requirements
Requires a medical degree and relevant licensure to practice as a physician. Must be capable of performing primary care duties in a per diem capacity.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Primary Care — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 65% have no call, 45% require no weekends.
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).
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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Annual compensation range
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,329 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
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.