NI-Physician, Pediatric Hospitalists
Compensation
Pay not listed
The week · per this posting
Ask the employer about the pay range, the work setting, call expectations and time off.
Job Description
Qualifications
- MD or DO.
Work Experience
Licenses & Certifications
- Board Certification or Board Eligible in Pediatrics. Board certification must be obtained within 5 years. Required
- Active Illinois medical license. Required
- Active DEA license or ability to apply for such license prior to or upon hire. Required
- Basic Life Support/CPR certification. Preferred
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Job Description
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UW Hospital and Clinics Benefits
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Key Responsibilities
Provide hospital-based medical care to pediatric patients as a pediatric hospitalist. Specific duties are not detailed in the posting.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Pediatrics — Physician Career Context
In Illinois, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$260k (24 salary observations; 66 listings), vs ~$242k nationally (281 salary observations; 1,721 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 48 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 65% have no call, 25% require no weekends.
Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is down 5.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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UW Health · Rockford, Illinois
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Outpatient Pediatrician - Private Practice - Clanton, AL
$290k-$365kPediatrician
Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 650 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Living in Rockford
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $193k
- Typical market rent
- $1,195/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.2
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Rockford, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.