Families / Care

Physician (Primary Care)

Diagnoses and manages illness across a panel of patients over years. The longest training path here, with the strongest licence moat.

Pay band (est.)
$210k–$300k
Time to competence
11 years
Licence
Required
Setting
clinic
Leverage
medium
Place constraint
low
Physical demand
45/100
Hours burden
82/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play27th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge38th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage49th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand95th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay99th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body36th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy46th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit4th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility71th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill3th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load93th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance9th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Debt, decade-long training, litigation exposure, burnout rates.

Examine this against your weights

The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.

Source note: BLS/MGMA-style compensation patterns; estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.