Senior Physician salary in Baltimore, MD

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Westminster, Annapolis, Bel Air, Glen Burnie, Stevensville.

Median salary$266,240
Middle 50%$252.5k–$375k
vs. all levels here+16%comparison median $230,000
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $219,250 and $450,000.
PercentileSalary
10th$243,500
25th$252,500
50th (median)$266,240
75th$375,000
90th$448,040

Salary by year

Median salary

$190k $235k $280k FY2021: median $215,000 (10 filings) FY2022: median $229,999 (12 filings) FY2025: median $266,240 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––8
FY2021$215,000$215,000$215,00010
FY2022$229,999$213,838$350,00012
FY2023–––7
FY2024–––5
FY2025$266,240$250,000$375,00013
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Baltimore's median senior Physician salary of $266,240 is worth about $254,800 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Baltimore = 104.5).

Compared with all workers here

All Physicians, All Other in the Baltimore, MD area earned a median of $218,770 in May 2025 (3,790 employed). The H-1B median here is $266,240, 22% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
USACS Medical Grouptoo few6
Sinai Hospital of Baltimoretoo few5
LifeBridge Metropolitan Physician Grouptoo few3
MedStar Medical Group IItoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $200,000 19
Mid-level · Level II $230,000 35
Senior · Level III $266,240 18
Expert · Level IV too few 6

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$80,579$200,00019
Mid-level · Level II$190,965$230,00035
Senior · Level III$231,774$266,24018

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.