General Internal Medicine Physicians Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $123K, rent takes 14.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,064/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new general internal medicine physicians typically earn — is $71K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $4,285/month. At HUD’s $1,064/month FMR, rent would take 25% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Local pay runs 52% below the national median — $123K here vs. $257K nationally. Cost of living is 11% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Iowa pays $123K median vs. the U.S. average of $257K — that’s -52%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 88.86), the purchasing-power equivalent is $138K — below the national median.

The median is $122,920 a year, that works out to about $59 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $71,420, and experienced general internal medicine physicians can clear $391,510. The mean (average) is $191,200, reflecting that some workers earn substantially more. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $7,349/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,064/month, which eats 14.5% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Iowa has a Regional Price Parity of 88.86 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median general internal medicine physicians salary is worth about $138,330 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.