New York · BLS May 2025

How much does a family medicine physician make in New York?

Also called family doctor, GP, primary care doctor. SOC 29-1215.

A family medicine physician in New York earns a median of $210,920 a year ($101.40 an hour), about $12,083 a month after federal, state and FICA tax. Figure from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey. The survey counted 4,000 of these jobs in New York in May 2025.

Median pay · New York

$210,920A year, or $101 an hour.
Take-home a month$12,083After federal, state and FICA tax at 31.3%
Worth at national prices$195,439Prices here sit at 107.9 against 100
Against the nation13.6% belowNational median $244,180
What family medicine physicians earn in New York, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentile1 in 10 earn less$62,090$30
25th percentile$90,280$43
MedianHalf earn more, half less$210,920$101
75th percentile$311,070$150
90th percentile1 in 10 earn more$427,330$205
MeanAll pay divided by all jobs$211,570$102

Wage survey · BLS May 2025

How we got this
  1. Median wage in New YorkBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$210,920
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$101.40
  3. Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$12,083 a month at an effective rate of 31.3%.$144,997 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in New York sit at 107.9 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$195,439
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $244,180.13.6% below
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 0.6 against the nation's 1.00.4,000
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

What lands in the bank

Tax year 2026 · Interactive

Estimated on the median salary of $210,920 in New York, for a single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026. Explore other wage levels and filing statuses below.

$210,920
$60,000$430,000
Filing status:
Gross salary breakdown$210,920
Net 69%
Fed 19%
NY 6%
FICA 7%
Annual take-home$144,997After all taxes
Monthly deposit$12,083Estimated per month
Biweekly paycheck$5,577Every 2 weeks (26/yr)
Effective tax rate31.3%Total tax burden
Federal income tax$39,355 / yr
New York state income tax$11,972 / yr
FICA (Social Security & Medicare)$14,596 / yr

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Same U.S. tax tables as the rest of the site. Change the salary, state, or filing status.

What $210,920 is worth in New York

Prices in New York sit at 107.9 against a national average of 100, so $210,920 earned here buys what $195,439 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 122.2 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in New York takes in $85,974, so this occupation's median is 2.45 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 40% less concentrated in New York than in the country as a whole.

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Reading the numbers

What stands out for family medicine physicians in New York

BLS does not publish exact figures above $239,200 a year ($115.00 an hour). At least one percentile in New York reaches that cap, so the top of the range is higher than the table can show.

New York ranks 46 of 48 states by median pay for family medicine physicians, among the lowest-paying in the country.

One median paycheck here is 2.5 times the median household income in New York ($85,974), a figure that counts every earner in the home.

Rents in New York index at 122.2 (U.S. = 100) while prices overall index at 107.9, a gap of +14.2 pts. For a renter, housing moves the local cost of living more than anything else.

Common questions

Family Medicine Physician pay in New York, answered

How much does a family medicine physician make in New York?

The median wage for family medicine physicians in New York is $210,920 a year, or $101.40 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the average family medicine physician salary in New York?

BLS’s mean (average) wage for family medicine physicians in New York is $211,570 a year. The median is $210,920.

The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.

What is the hourly pay for a family medicine physician in New York?

The median hourly wage is $101.40. At a full-time year that lines up with about $210,920 a year.

BLS May 2025; hourly and annual figures come from the same survey.

What is the starting salary for a family medicine physician in New York?

BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in New York, the lowest-paid 10% of family medicine physicians earn under $62,090 a year and a quarter earn under $90,280 ($29.85 and $43.41 an hour).

New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.

What is the salary range for a family medicine physician in New York?

The overall salary range for family medicine physicians in New York spans from $62,090 for the bottom 10% to $427,330 for top earners.

The middle 50% earn between $90,280 and $311,070 a year, with the overall median at $210,920.

What is the take-home pay for a family medicine physician in New York?

On the median wage of $210,920, a single filer taking the 2026 standard deduction keeps an estimated $144,997 a year, or roughly $12,083 a month.

That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 31.3%.

New York takes $11,972 of it in state income tax.

How much does a family medicine physician make a month in New York?

On the median annual salary of $210,920, estimated take-home pay is roughly $12,083 a month after federal, state, and FICA taxes.

For workers paid on a standard biweekly schedule (26 pay periods per year), each paycheck is approximately $5,577 net.

Do family medicine physicians earn more in New York than in the rest of the country?

No. The median in New York is 13.6% below the national median of $244,180.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in New York sit at 107.9 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $210,920 a good salary in New York?

It is 2.45 times the median household income of $85,974. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in New York run at 107.9 against a national average of 100, with rents at 122.2, so $210,920 here buys about what $195,439 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid family medicine physicians earn in New York?

The top tenth earn $427,330 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $62,090.

Experience, specialty, employer and the part of New York someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many family medicine physicians are there in New York?

The survey counted 4,000 of these jobs in New York for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 40% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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