Working as a physician in the United States
What official sources say about working as a physician in the United States: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In the United States, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes physicians, earns ≈ 7,644 EUR/month (gross, 2025). Physician is a regulated profession in the United States.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 7,644 EUR/month (gross, 2025)
- Regulation
- Regulated
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in the United States: ≈ 7,644 EUR/month (gross, 2025), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of physicians alone.
Regulation and recognition
Physician is a regulated profession in the United States.
- Recognition authority
- Medical board in the intended state.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Physician in the United States: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 192bb9051f0aab2fcdefd8eb924d8db9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/physician/united-states/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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