Physician Compensation Calculator: What to Put Into a 2026 Offer Review
A physician compensation calculator should start with posted salary, state medians, schedule terms, incentives, and production pay. WeekdayDoc live listings show a $301,800 median advertised salary and 38.7% pay transparency.
A physician compensation calculator should start with the posted base salary, because WeekdayDoc’s live physician listings show a $301,800 median advertised annual salary among priced jobs. Pay transparency is uneven: 38.7% of live physician listings state an annual salary, so any offer review should separate known posted pay from benefits, schedule terms, and production language.
What salary should I use as the baseline?
For a national baseline, the live market is the most direct starting point. WeekdayDoc’s live listings include 22,793 physician jobs across 52 states, and 8,828 of those listings state an annual salary.
The live median advertised annual salary is $301,800. The middle range is wide: the 25th percentile is $264,000, and the 75th percentile is $424,500. A physician compensation calculator should keep those percentiles visible, because a single median can hide how far posted offers spread across specialties, locations, and work settings.
The last 12 months of postings show a higher median advertised salary of $317,500. That longer view comes from WeekdayDoc Market Pulse, which tracked 60,668 physician postings over the last 12 months. For monthly trend detail, see the Market Pulse.
The monthly series starts at $305,000 in 2025-11 and ends at $317,500 in 2026-10. The median advertised salary changed 4.1% versus the prior quarter.
How much does state change the calculation?
Location can move a compensation calculation substantially. Among 50 states with enough salary data to compare, the median of state medians is $309,914. Montana has the highest state median at $410,752, while North Carolina has the lowest at $258,615. The gap between the highest and lowest state median is $152,137.
The table below is sorted by median advertised salary. It is not a judgment about where to work. It shows posted salary, cost-of-living-adjusted salary, work-life score, and posting volume for the higher-median states shown in WeekdayDoc’s state comparison.
| State | Median advertised salary | Observations | COL-adjusted median | Work-life score | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | $410,752 | 26 | $434,199 | 5.4/10 | 196 |
| Kentucky | $385,106 | 53 | $426,947 | 5.2/10 | 385 |
| New Hampshire | $384,660 | 47 | $369,155 | 5/10 | 325 |
| Alaska | $383,841 | 32 | $374,845 | 5/10 | 94 |
| North Dakota | $379,796 | 49 | $426,737 | 4.8/10 | 224 |
| Delaware | $371,244 | 57 | $371,988 | 4.9/10 | 238 |
| Iowa | $365,122 | 71 | $415,856 | 4.8/10 | 505 |
| Utah | $348,968 | 65 | $352,849 | 5.7/10 | 425 |
| Minnesota | $339,889 | 400 | $344,715 | 5.3/10 | 1353 |
| Idaho | $338,300 | 13 | $354,241 | 4.5/10 | 213 |
| Wyoming | $337,519 | 18 | $364,098 | 5.5/10 | 91 |
| Nevada | $331,394 | 99 | $331,394 | 5.3/10 | 345 |
| Texas | $330,110 | 360 | $339,969 | 5.4/10 | 3252 |
| Indiana | $327,665 | 82 | $351,195 | 4.4/10 | 751 |
| Wisconsin | $325,013 | 88 | $345,391 | 5/10 | 878 |
Cost of living can change how a posted salary reads. Montana also has the highest cost-of-living-adjusted median at $434,199, using a Regional Price Parity of 94.6. The District of Columbia has the lowest cost-of-living-adjusted median at $237,596, using a Regional Price Parity of 109.9. For the full state view, see the.
Which schedule terms belong in a physician compensation calculator?
Schedule terms belong beside salary because posted pay does not describe the full job. In live physician listings, 10.2% are remote, 18.5% mention no call, 21% mention no weekends, and 15.5% mention no nights.
Remote listings have a median advertised salary of $310,750. On-site listings have a median advertised salary of $300,000. These are posted medians, not take-home income, and they should be read with schedule terms and state pay together.
Work-life scores add another listing-based signal. Rhode Island has the highest state work-life score at 5.9/10, while West Virginia has the lowest at 4.1/10. Across live listings, 22.6% score 7+ on the work-life index. For related schedule and workload context, see the Burnout Index.
What benefits and incentives should I enter?
A compensation calculator should not stop at base salary. Live physician listings often state selected benefits, but the level of detail varies. Relocation assistance appears in 20.5% of live listings, loan repayment appears in 14.3%, and PSLF-eligible employers appear in 9.3%.
Sign-on bonuses appear in 6.5% of live listings, and the median stated sign-on bonus is $50,000. Malpractice coverage is stated in 32.8% of live listings. Retirement match language appears in 2.6%.
Time and professional expense details are less frequently stated, but they are still useful when present. The median stated PTO is 25 days, and the median stated CME allowance is $4,000. A flexible schedule is described in 2.4% of live listings.
How should production pay or work RVUs be handled?
Production language needs its own field. In live physician listings, 8.9% mention work RVUs or production pay. Among priced listings that mention production pay, the median advertised salary is $359,375.
That posted salary is a base or stated salary signal, not a complete earnings forecast. A calculator should keep production pay separate from guaranteed salary, sign-on bonus, relocation assistance, loan repayment, and stated benefits.
Which employers have the most live openings?
Employer volume can matter when comparing offers because large opening counts may reflect different specialties, staffing models, or geographic footprints. Vohra Physicians has 860 live physician openings, Radiology Partners has 482, Med America has 478, Southern California Permanente Medical Group has 465, Team Health has 419, CVS Health has 400, UnitedHealth Group has 349, and Adelphi Staffing has 307.
Employer opening counts do not replace salary review. They are a context signal to read alongside posted salary, location, schedule language, and benefits. For employer-level detail, see the Top Employers index.
What should a physician compensation calculator include?
A practical physician compensation calculator should separate the inputs that employers post from the inputs that require offer documents. Posted salary is the anchor. State median, cost-of-living-adjusted median, schedule terms, incentive language, and production pay are comparison fields.
- Base salary: compare the offer with the live national median of $301,800 and the last 12 months median of $317,500.
- State context: compare the offer with the state median and, when relevant, the cost-of-living-adjusted median.
- Schedule context: note whether the listing mentions remote work, no call, no weekends, or no nights.
- Benefits: enter any stated sign-on bonus, relocation assistance, loan repayment, PSLF eligibility, malpractice coverage, retirement match, PTO, and CME allowance.
- Production language: keep work RVUs or production pay separate from guaranteed advertised salary.
For specialty-level salary context, see the. For current physician job listings behind these live market signals, see the live physician listings.
How we measured this
Salary figures are based on WeekdayDoc’s live listing index of 22,793 physician listings on October 25, 2026. Live advertised salary uses listings that state annual pay and takes the midpoint of the stated range. Monthly salary trend figures come from WeekdayDoc Market Pulse over the last 12 months of advertised salaries, employer-deduplicated.
State comparisons use WeekdayDoc physician postings with enough salary observations to compare across 50 states. Cost-of-living-adjusted figures use BEA Regional Price Parities from 2024. Work-life scores come from the WeekdayDoc Top Employers work-life index.
Frequently asked questions
What is the current median advertised physician salary?
The current live median advertised physician salary is $301,800.
How often do live physician listings state salary?
Pay is stated in 38.7% of live physician listings.
Which state has the highest median advertised physician salary?
Montana has the highest state median advertised physician salary at $410,752.
What is the median advertised salary for remote physician listings?
Remote physician listings have a median advertised salary of $310,750.
What is the median stated physician sign-on bonus?
The median stated sign-on bonus is $50,000.
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (22,793 Physician listings, October 25, 2026); WeekdayDoc Market Pulse (12 months of advertised salaries, employer-deduplicated); BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); WeekdayDoc Top Employers work-life index. Figures are advertised (posted) salaries and listing attributes, not survey income; percentiles and shares, not grades. Updated October 25, 2026.
