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

How much do Physicians, Pathologists make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Physicians, Pathologists in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $349,470. The 10th percentile is $127,110 and the 90th percentile is $506,410. Employment is 220.

Median annual wage

$349,470

10th percentile
$127,110
25th percentile
$226,210
Median
$349,470
75th percentile
$372,850
90th percentile
$506,410
Mean
$323,670

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Physicians, Pathologists, the published 10th percentile is $127,110 and the 90th percentile is $506,410. The difference is $379,300, which is 108.5% 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 $226,210 to the 75th at $372,850, covers $146,640.

The mean annual wage is $323,670, which sits below the median of $349,470. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 11.9% higher than the national median of $312,400 for Physicians, Pathologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $338,254, which is 8.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.3% higher than the Arizona median of $338,290.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $349,470 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Physicians, Pathologists at $338,254 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.

Employment share

Physicians, Pathologists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (220 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,110 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.30 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Physicians, Pathologists in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $349,470. The 10th percentile is $127,110 and the 90th percentile is $506,410. Employment is 220.

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

The local median is 11.9% higher than the national median of $312,400.

What is Physicians, Pathologists pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $349,470 is $338,254. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.