General Internal Medicine Physicians Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $224K, rent takes 15.7% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $2,044/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new general internal medicine physicians typically earn — is $140K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $8,402/month.

Local pay runs 13% below the national median — $224K here vs. $257K nationally.

Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area pays $224K median vs. the U.S. average of $257K — that’s -13%.

The median is $224,240 a year, that works out to about $108 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $140,030, and experienced general internal medicine physicians can clear $334,770. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $12,978/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $2,044/month, which eats 15.7% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median general internal medicine physicians salary is worth about $224,240 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.