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Tennessee / Health / Physician

Job-title file

Physician

Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.

35 employees hold this title in Health. Median total compensation for the role is $219,632, above the department median of $70,395.

Employees
35
Total payroll
$7.8M
Role median
$219,632
Agency median
$70,395
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$180,000$288,981+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 35 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Physician pay vs. Tennessee

Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Physicians, All Other — about 5,340 people — is $301,290. Health pays a median base salary of $213,612 for this role, 29% below that figureabout the 32nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Health sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$101,560
$181,200
$301,290
$426,850
$503,430
Health median · $213,612

The bar is the range of annual wages for Physicians, All Other across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Physicians, All Other — about 342,720 people — is $265,930. Health’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 42nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$69,170
$102,930
$265,930
$378,770
$452,360
Health median · $213,612

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Tennessee range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Health is $219,632, 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.

Compare departments

This role across Tennessee

Physician is held in 4 Tennessee departments. In Health, the median of $219,632 ranks #3 of 4.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Tenncare
$277,326 · 1
Correction
$266,544 · 1

Median total compensation for the Physician role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Physician beyond Tennessee

This role is reported in 11 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $218,842 ranks #2 of 11. See Physician across all of Tennessee

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Texas
$252,224 · 106
South Carolina
$184,126 · 37
Missouri
$164,650 · 12
Georgia
$113,232 · 36
Arkansas
$80,653 · 7

Median total compensation for comparable Physicianroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Sarah Carrier

Physician/Health

2026 total comp
$188,760
Sub-department
Washington County
Base pay
$188,760
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$188,760
Employment type
Part-Time
Pay basis
Hourly

Source-specific fields

Compensation Rate
$91
Employee ID
718663

At Health, Sarah Carrier serves as a Physician within Washington County. They work part-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $188,760.

Pansy Davis

Physician/Health

2026 total comp
$186,014
Sub-department
Decatur County
Base pay
$186,014
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$186,014
Employment type
Part-Time
Pay basis
Hourly
Middle name
H

Source-specific fields

Compensation Rate
$89
Employee ID
143788

Pansy Davis holds the role of Physician at Health within Decatur County. Their status is part-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $186,014.

Joseph Montgomery

Physician/Health

2026 total comp
$186,014
Sub-department
Decatur County
Base pay
$186,014
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$186,014
Employment type
Part-Time
Pay basis
Hourly
Middle name
Harold

Source-specific fields

Compensation Rate
$89
Employee ID
552328

At Health, Joseph Montgomery serves as a Physician within Decatur County. They work part-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $186,014.