Also called: Primary Care Doctor, Family Doctor
Treats patients of every age for everyday illnesses, checkups, and long-term conditions.
Sees 20-25 patients a day: a toddler's ear infection at 9, a teen's sports physical at 9:20, a grandfather's diabetes check after that. Between visits, reviews lab results and answers patient messages. Often knows whole families for decades.
BLS top-codes many physician wages; figures are estimates for attending physicians after residency (residents earn about $65k-$80k while training).
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 11 years after high school. Bachelor's, medical school (MD/DO), then a 3-year family medicine residency.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Steady need, especially in rural areas with doctor shortages.
Low risk for 10 years. AI scribes write visit notes and flag lab trends; examining patients, judging messy cases and long family relationships stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Spanish, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1215.
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