National benchmark cells
Internal Medicine — Outpatient
18 published national cells for Internal Medicine — Outpatient. Every cell rests on 5 or more underlying records and carries its 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total compensation ($/yr)National benchmarks | $262,218 | $314,450 | $376,046 | — | 6151 | 2025 |
| Base salary ($/yr)National benchmarks | $225,000 | $269,068 | $322,039 | — | 4726 | 2025 |
| Bonus and incentive pay ($/yr)National benchmarks | $13,285 | $26,088 | $58,372 | — | 1127 | 2025 |
| Annual wRVUsNational benchmarks | 4,364 | 5,736 | 7,295 | — | 3364 | 2025 |
| Pay per wRVU ($/wRVU)National benchmarks | $46.55 | $54.87 | $66.92 | — | 3315 | 2025 |
| Total compensation — newly hired, year 1 ($/yr)National benchmarks | $193,215 | $245,000 | $275,000 | — | 509 | 2025 |
| Total compensation — academic ($/yr)National benchmarks | $217,586 | $254,916 | $306,565 | — | 1299 | 2025 |
| On-call pay ($/yr)National benchmarks | $1,776 | $7,200 | $15,000 | — | 191 | 2025 |
| On-call daily rate ($/day)National benchmarks | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | — | 96 | 2025 |
| On-call hourly rate ($/hr)National benchmarks | $120 | $150 | $184 | — | 48 | 2025 |
| On-call weekend rate ($/day)National benchmarks | $200 | $850 | $1,020 | — | 24 | 2025 |
Corroborating comparisons
Each comparison family answers a narrower question than the national benchmarks above. Offered wages skew toward specific employer types, while service volumes are productivity proxies. These are cross-checks, not replacements.
Offered base salary comparisons
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record | $85,272 | $239,200 | $282,748 | — | 433 | 2026 |
| Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record | $229,452 | $250,000 | $300,000 | — | 117 | 2025 |
State and national wage comparisons
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual wage ($/yr)Public record | $124,470 | $256,560 | $374,850 | $475,430 | 67150 | 2025 |
Service volume and payments — productivity proxies
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual wrvus medicarePublic record | 427 | 994 | 1,846 | — | 89260 | 2024 |
| Payments per clinician ($/yr)Public record | $17,902 | $44,570 | $88,382 | — | 93622 | 2024 |
| Services per clinician (yr)Public record | 247 | 623 | 1,370 | — | 93622 | 2024 |
Other published cells
| Metric | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 | n | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total compensation ($/yr)Public record | — | — | — | — | — | 2026 |
Where does your rate land in these distributions
Enter one pay rate and get a percentile placement against the cells above — national benchmarks first, corroborating cells when no matching national metric exists.