National benchmark cells
Hospital Medicine (Hospitalist)
13 published national cells for Hospital Medicine (Hospitalist). Every cell rests on 5 or more underlying records and carries its source, year, and record count. How these numbers are built.
National benchmarks
2025 national physician compensation data — full-time, incumbent physicians unless the metric row states otherwise (newly hired, academic). Percentiles are national; each row carries its record count.
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total compensation ($/yr)National benchmarks | $303,207 | $343,122 | $393,286 | $466,072 | 8410 | 2025 | 2025 national physician compensation data |
| Base salary ($/yr)National benchmarks | $260,000 | $285,781 | $321,923 | $363,209 | 6865 | 2025 | 2025 national physician compensation data |
| Bonus and incentive pay ($/yr)National benchmarks | $15,948 | $22,352 | $39,020 | — | 1273 | 2025 | 2025 national physician compensation data |
| Annual wRVUsNational benchmarks | 3,540 | 4,802 | 6,116 | 7,830 | 5569 | 2025 | 2025 national physician compensation data |
| Pay per wRVU ($/wRVU)National benchmarks | $58.3 | $73.04 | $94.3 | $139.18 | 5544 | 2025 | 2025 national physician compensation data |
| Total compensation — newly hired, year 1 ($/yr)National benchmarks | $226,446 | $265,000 | $300,000 | — | 810 | 2025 | 2025 national physician compensation data |
| Total compensation — academic ($/yr)National benchmarks | $251,320 | $278,258 | $310,681 | — | 1446 | 2025 | 2025 national physician compensation data |
Corroborating public records
Independent government-record derivations (CMS, DOL, BLS). Each family answers a narrower question than the national benchmarks above — offered wages skew toward specific employer types, Medicare volumes are productivity proxies — and serves as a cross-check, not a replacement.
Offered base salary — labor condition filings
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record | $265,000 | $306,433 | $332,633 | — | 521 | 2026 | DOL labor condition filings — offered wages |
| Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record | $267,750 | $292,300 | $320,000 | — | 231 | 2025 | DOL public labor filings |
Medicare volume and payments — productivity proxies
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual wrvus medicarePublic record | 522 | 1,034 | 1,652 | — | 20046 | 2024 | CMS Medicare provider utilization (public use file) |
| Medicare payments per clinician ($/yr)Public record | $20,496 | $40,768 | $65,293 | — | 20529 | 2024 | CMS Medicare provider utilization (public use file) |
| Medicare services per clinician (yr)Public record | 234 | 478 | 786 | — | 20529 | 2024 | CMS Medicare provider utilization (public use file) |
Other published cells
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total compensation ($/yr)Public record | — | — | — | — | — | 2026 | federal |
Where does your rate land in these distributions
Enter one pay rate and get a percentile placement against the cells above — national benchmarks first, public-record cells when no matching national metric exists.