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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.

Median salary (BLS)

$265,930

10th–90th percentile (BLS)

$69k – $452k

Job outlook

+3% (about average)

AI exposure

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 6 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.

Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $93,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.

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Education

Typical entry: Doctorate / professional (MD, JD, PhD)

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Typical progression

  1. Junior Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

    Entry / Junior

    $69,170

    ~2 yrs to advance

  2. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

    Established

    $265,930

    ~3 yrs to advance

  3. Senior Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

    Senior

    $359,145

Key skills

A typical day

  • •Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
  • •Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
  • •Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.
  • •Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.
  • •Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.

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