Physicians, All Other
SOC 29-1229 · 2024-2034
All physicians not listed separately.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $289,473per year
- Projected openings
- 9,800
- Projected change
- +9.5%
- Usually needs
- Doctoral or professional degree
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $241,379 | 430 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $230,951 | 10 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $203,443 | 50 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $191,096 | 30 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $159,370 | 10 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $132,516 | 20 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $97,911 | 890 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $84,427 | 440 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $82,739 | 640 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $81,578 | 110 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $79,952 | 1,780 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $79,411 | 20 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $79,411 | 110 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | Not reported | 80 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | Not reported | 0 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | Not reported | 110 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | Not reported | 10 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | Not reported | 10 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | Not reported | 10 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | Not reported | 60 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | Not reported | 10 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | Not reported | 590 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | Not reported | 730 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | Not reported | 230 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | Not reported | 10 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | Not reported | 30 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $82,846
- A quarter earn under
- $101,638
- Half earn under
- $289,473
- Three quarters earn under
- $350,268
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $444,072
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | $144,197 | 228,840 | +13.5% |
| Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | $81,982 | 81,600 | +15% |
| Pharmacy Technicians | $56,653 | 41,220 | +8.2% |
| Nurse Practitioners | $173,237 | 26,610 | +52.2% |
| Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians | $78,138 | 22,820 | +11.9% |
| Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other | $62,080 | 22,750 | +14.3% |
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