California · 2025 pay · 113 people
How much does an associate physician make in California?
$174,761typical pay for a associate physician in 2025
$61,950 – $322,363what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where associate physicians work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Physician Senior$59,765 (everyone)
- Assistant Physician$67,954 (everyone)
- Associate Physician (this page)$174,761 (everyone)
- Physician Assistant$192,581 (everyone)
- Physician Assistant Senior$213,961 (everyone)
- Physician Assistant Supervisor$214,257 (everyone)
- Supervising Physician$339,094 (everyone)
- Physician Manager$471,169 (everyone)
Highest-paid associate physicians, 2025
Common questions
How much does an associate physician make in California?
The typical associate physician was paid $174,761 in 2025; most earned between $61,950 and $322,363. This counts all 113 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for associate physicians in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Associate Physician, at any level (for example "Associate Physician"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this