While physician incomes are highest in sparsely populated parts of the country, most of the lowest-paying locations for physicians are on the East Coast, according to Medscape's Physician Compensation Report.
Physicians in Washington, D.C.*, have the lowest annual income, clocking in at $186,000. After that, physicians in the following nine states earn the least each year on average:
- Rhode Island — $217,000
- Maryland — $237,000
- New Mexico — $243,000
- Massachusetts — $248,000
- New York — $249,000
- Delaware — $250,000
- Virginia — $251,000
- Utah — $251,000
- Pennsylvania — $255,000
The Medscape report includes responses from more than 19,500 physicians across 26 specialties.
*For the purposes of the report, Medscape classified Washington, D.C. as a state.
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