(also see Internal Medicine Jobs)

Internal medicine salaries can vary widely by subspecialty, area of care, and region. Internists in primary care roles often have the lowest base salary levels, but depending on patient volume and case complexity can generate good bonuses.

Locum tenens positions will often set base pay scale on the national average income. The pay can be adjusted by local cost-of-living difference from the national average.

In evaluating a physician job offer it is important to know the average pay for a given specialty. Independent of locum tenens positions, the national average of physician salaries in different specialties is often used as a target: a physician who generates the average patient income for the specialty receives the average . Bonuses are often pegged to the amount of income generated above the average.

The average physician salary for an internist (see Internal Medicine Survey) can be used as a benchmark for comparison with other medical specialities.

Information about other medical jobs and nursing jobs is available.

Source: Allied Physicians, Salary Survey 2003-2006
(Previous values from Physicians Search 1998 Salary Survey)