Medical Director

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Director at Texas Health & Human Services Commission a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 18,741 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.

In Texas, the Internal Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$299k (51 salary observations; 189 listings), vs ~$271k nationally (1,164 salary observations; 2,805 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 56% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Internal Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 19.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$289k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $298k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$289k midpoint, that is roughly $12k–$20k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.