Medical Officer

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Physicians, All Other — about 342,720 people — is $265,930. Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration pays a median base salary of $191,900 for this role, 28% below that figure — about the 39th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration is $191,900, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Medical Officer is held in 18 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Nat Aeronautics and Space Administration, the median of $191,900 ranks #9 of 18.

This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $280,433 ranks #2 of 2. See Medical Officer across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →