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

How much do Physicians, Pathologists make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Physicians, Pathologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $319,340. The 10th percentile is $95,260 and the 90th percentile is $440,610. Employment is 330.

Median annual wage

$319,340

10th percentile
$95,260
25th percentile
$204,430
Median
$319,340
75th percentile
$387,760
90th percentile
$440,610
Mean
$298,740

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Physicians, Pathologists, the published 10th percentile is $95,260 and the 90th percentile is $440,610. The difference is $345,350, which is 108.1% 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 $204,430 to the 75th at $387,760, covers $183,330.

The mean annual wage is $298,740, which sits below the median of $319,340. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 2.2% higher than the national median of $312,400 for Physicians, Pathologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $281,193, which is 10% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 71.4% higher than the California median of $186,300.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $319,340 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Physicians, Pathologists at $281,193 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Physicians, Pathologists. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $333,330 and employment of 90. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $297,917, against $281,193 here.
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $143,120. That median is 55.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $134,458, against $281,193 here.

Employment share

Physicians, Pathologists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (330 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Physicians, Pathologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $319,340. The 10th percentile is $95,260 and the 90th percentile is $440,610. Employment is 330.

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

The local median is 2.2% higher than the national median of $312,400.

What is Physicians, Pathologists pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $319,340 is $281,193. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Physicians, Pathologists?

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 110 miles away, at $333,330. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.