SOC 29-1222 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Physicians, Pathologists make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Physicians, Pathologists in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $270,000. The 10th percentile is $224,500 and the 90th percentile is $353,560. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$270,000

10th percentile
$224,500
25th percentile
$224,510
Median
$270,000
75th percentile
$317,080
90th percentile
$353,560
Mean
$258,250

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Physicians, Pathologists, the published 10th percentile is $224,500 and the 90th percentile is $353,560. The difference is $129,060, 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 $224,510 to the 75th at $317,080, covers $92,570.

The mean annual wage is $258,250, which sits below the median of $270,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA median is 13.6% lower than the national median of $312,400 for Physicians, Pathologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $269,843, which is 13.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 27.5% higher than the Georgia median of $211,800.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $270,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Physicians, Pathologists at $269,843 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Physicians, Pathologists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Physicians, Pathologists 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 Physicians, Pathologists make in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Physicians, Pathologists in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is $270,000. The 10th percentile is $224,500 and the 90th percentile is $353,560.

How does that compare with the national median for Physicians, Pathologists?

The local median is 13.6% lower than the national median of $312,400.

What is Physicians, Pathologists pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 100.058, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $270,000 is $269,843. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.