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US doctors earn an average of $200,000 per year.
- Doximity, a networking app for physicians, analyzed the 10 cities where physicians make the most money.
- Physicians in the top paying city, Milwaukee, earn almost $400,000 a year, nearly double the average US doctor salary.
- The top-paying cities concentrated largely in the Midwest, West coast and the South.
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Doctors already earn the highest annual salary among all US professionals (not including year-end bonuses). But how much a physician makes depends on the city.
Doximity, a networking app for physicians, gathered compensation data using job postings on its site and a survey of doctors who use the platform.
The top-paying cities are concentrated largely in the Midwest, West coast and the South. Two California cities - Riverside and Los Angeles - made the top 10 highest-paying urban areas.
While the average doctor salary in the US hovers just below $200,000, physicians in the top paying city, Milwaukee, earn nearly $400,000 a year.
Here are the 10 cities where doctors make the most money.
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