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Table 16

Median and mean 2008 individual income before taxes (in thousands of dollars) of family physicians who practiced obstetrics, September 2009


  N Median Mean
Total Respondents      
  No OB 152 $160.0 $183.3
Census Division      
  Mid-Atlantic 3 $160.0 $179.0
  New England 4 $156.5 $175.8
  East North Central 30 $171.5 $185.0
  West North Central 34 $188.0 $215.6
  East South Central 0    
  South Atlantic 9 $152.0 $181.1
  West South Central 11 $160.0 $182.4
  Mountain 12 $160.0 $189.8
  Pacific 31 $150.0 $154.1
Type of practice      
  Solo 11 $151.5 $174.9
  Two-person partnership 6 $200.5 $185.7
  Family Medicine group 62 $170.0 $187.1
  Multispecialty group 16 $174.7 $185.3
Location      
  Urban 99 $160.0 $172.4
  Rural 53 $160.0 $203.0
Completion of FM residency      
  FM graduate 60 $156.0 $176.9
  Not an FM graduate 87 $168.1 $187.0
Sex      
  Male 88 $175.0 $196.1
  Female 58 $140.0 $162.8
Physician age      
  Under 36 37 $170.2 $195.4
  36 to 45 44 $160.0 $184.9
  46 to 55 46 $152.0 $168.0
  56 to 65 20 $180.0 $189.1
  Over 65 0    

Source: American Academy of Family Physicians, Practice Profile I Survey, September 2009