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Physician salary in Rhode Island

U.S. Department of Labor wage data for May 2025. Rhode Island ranks 39 of 51 states by median wage for this occupation, paying 14.0% below the national median.

$228,590median annual wage in Rhode Island, May 2025
Lower end (10th pct)
$80,130
Median
$228,590
Top earners (90th pct)
$357,730
$80,130$357,730
10th percentile
$80,130
25th percentile
$169,860
Median percentile
$228,590
75th percentile
$320,690
90th percentile
$357,730
Mean
$236,360
Employed
1,180

How Rhode Island compares with the rest of the country

AreaLow (10th)AverageMedianTop 10%
Rhode Island$80,130$236,360$228,590$357,730
United States$69,170$262,040$265,930$452,360

Physician salary in other states

Where this comes from. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, for the occupation Physicians, All Other. Employers report the wages they actually pay, and the methodology is published — unlike self-reported salary surveys, which nobody can verify.

What it leaves out. OES counts wage-and-salary employees. Self-employed physicians and practice owners are outside its scope, and partnership distributions are not wages, so in specialties where private practice is common these figures are likely to be conservative. Bonuses and profit-sharing are excluded from the wage measure as well.

One occupation, many specialties. BLS does not publish a separate wage for every clinical subspecialty; several are reported together under Physicians, All Other. The figure describes that whole group, so a subspecialty within it may sit well above or below these numbers.

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