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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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Mary-Margaret Fill

Physician/Health

2026 total comp
$295,513
Sub-department
Comm & Env Disease Svcs
Base pay
$289,027
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$6,486
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$295,513
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay basis
Monthly
Middle name
A

Source-specific fields

Compensation Rate
$24,086
Employee ID
491182

Mary-Margaret Fill works as a Physician for Health within Community & Environmental Disease Services. Their status is full-time. Mary-Margaret earned $295,513 in 2026.

Adele Lewis

Physician/Health

2026 total comp
$285,907
Sub-department
Office State Medical Examiners
Base pay
$269,844
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$16,063
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$285,907
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay basis
Monthly
Middle name
Maurer

Source-specific fields

Compensation Rate
$22,487
Employee ID
456108

At Health, Adele Lewis serves as a Physician within Office State Medical Examiners. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $285,907.