Pediatrician
Listed compensation
$105-$136/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Job DetailsJob Location: Los Angeles, CA 90026Position Type: Full-Time/Part-TimeSalary Range: $105.00 - $136.00 HourlyQualifications
Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive pediatric medical care to patients in a clinical setting. Diagnose and treat various childhood illnesses and developmental conditions.
Requirements
Candidates must hold the necessary medical qualifications to practice as a pediatrician. The role requires professional clinical experience in a pediatric environment.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
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, 2% are remote, 74% have no call, 46% 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)), so the posted ~$251k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $226k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Annual compensation range
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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.