SOC 29-1215 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Family Medicine Physicians make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Family Medicine Physicians in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is $220,840. The 10th percentile is $119,190 and the 90th percentile is $224,690. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$220,840
- 10th percentile
- $119,190
- 25th percentile
- $204,440
- Median
- $220,840
- 75th percentile
- $224,690
- 90th percentile
- $224,690
- Mean
- $214,300
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Family Medicine Physicians, the published 10th percentile is $119,190 and the 90th percentile is $224,690. The difference is $105,500, which is 47.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $204,440 to the 75th at $224,690, covers $20,250.
The mean annual wage is $214,300, which sits below the median of $220,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC median is 9.6% lower than the national median of $244,180 for Family Medicine Physicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $226,335, which is 7.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 2.6% higher than the North Carolina median of $215,230.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 97.572, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $220,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Family Medicine Physicians at $226,335 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Family Medicine Physicians. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ranks 9th of 19 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Greensboro-High Point, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $207,820 and employment of 100. That median is 5.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $223,787, against $226,335 here.
- Raleigh-Cary, NC is 39 miles away, with a median of $218,830. That median is 0.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $222,939, against $226,335 here.
- Fayetteville, NC is 66 miles away, with a median of $204,470 and employment of 50. That median is 7.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $222,303, against $226,335 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Family Medicine Physicians by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Family Medicine Physicians make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Family Medicine Physicians in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is $220,840. The 10th percentile is $119,190 and the 90th percentile is $224,690.
How does that compare with the national median for Family Medicine Physicians?
The local median is 9.6% lower than the national median of $244,180.
What is Family Medicine Physicians pay in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 97.572, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $220,840 is $226,335. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Durham-Chapel Hill, NC compare with nearby metros for Family Medicine Physicians?
Greensboro-High Point, NC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 39 miles away, at $207,820. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ranks 9th of 19 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.