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National Institutes of Health pay

A government employer. Part of Department of Health and Human Services.

Also files as NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (Federal pay).

Median base pay offered

Physician, specialty not stated, Federal pay (OPM), 2026.

$211,398 per year

  • N=1,148 payroll records
  • Federal pay, base pay offered
  • Updated

Median base pay offered

Physician assistant, specialty not stated, Federal pay (OPM), 2026.

$156,293 per year

  • N=34 payroll records
  • Federal pay, base pay offered
  • Updated

Where the rows come from

1,182 sourced rows from one source.

  • N=1,182 records
  • Federal pay
  • Updated

The tables below show the 50 most recent rows of 1,182. The specialty and worksite pages under Related pages hold the rest, and every summary line counts all of them.

Federal pay (OPM)

1,182 rows, 2026
Federal pay (OPM) summary for National Institutes of Health by group and year
GroupYearRowsLowestMedianHighest
Physician, specialty not stated20261,148$52,175$211,398$502,696
Physician assistant, specialty not stated202634$129,904$156,293$187,093
Federal pay (OPM) rows for National Institutes of Health
Role as filedGroupWorksiteWage or rangeScheduleFiledFiling
Medical OfficerPhysicianGaithersburg, MD$187,093Full-timeopm:202607:37233 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$197,200Full-timeopm:202607:35096 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$197,200Full-timeopm:202607:34410 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$125,605Full-timeopm:202607:37460 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$184,287Full-timeopm:202607:34429 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$282,556Full-timeopm:202607:37297 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$122,000Full-timeopm:202607:34426 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$112,237Full-timeopm:202607:37497 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$250,878Full-timeopm:202607:34602 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$104,350Intermittentopm:202607:37755 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$52,175Intermittentopm:202607:36041 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianRockville, MD$235,858Full-timeopm:202607:17701 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianRockville, MD$197,200Full-timeopm:202607:37392 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$213,783Full-timeopm:202607:35216 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$265,200Full-timeopm:202607:35381 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$197,200Full-timeopm:202607:37873 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$157,359Full-timeopm:202607:37070 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$179,213Full-timeopm:202607:37345 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$306,485Full-timeopm:202607:36942 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$248,241Full-timeopm:202607:37382 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$130,938Part-timeopm:202607:37179 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$197,152Full-timeopm:202607:37319 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$275,184Full-timeopm:202607:37485 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$266,092Full-timeopm:202607:37698 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$141,356Full-timeopm:202607:36728 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$320,000Full-timeopm:202607:37759 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$52,175Intermittentopm:202607:37841 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$327,600Full-timeopm:202607:35329 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$262,156Full-timeopm:202607:37658 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$127,597Full-timeopm:202607:37972 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$291,200Full-timeopm:202607:34456 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$287,823Full-timeopm:202607:36144 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$274,133Full-timeopm:202607:35350 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianRockville, MD$216,692Full-timeopm:202607:36914 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$105,779Full-timeopm:202607:34337 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$52,175Intermittentopm:202607:34545 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$110,575Full-timeopm:202607:34838 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$164,592Full-timeopm:202607:35377 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianNorth Bethesda, MD$197,200Full-timeopm:202607:37905 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$345,545Full-timeopm:202607:37322 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$218,149Full-timeopm:202607:34618 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$197,200Full-timeopm:202607:35394 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$197,152Full-timeopm:202607:34390 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianRockville, MD$297,121Full-timeopm:202607:38502 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$225,674Full-timeopm:202607:37445 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$93,037Full-timeopm:202607:35596 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$232,544Full-timeopm:202607:37961 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianRockville, MD$251,142Full-timeopm:202607:37355 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianBethesda, MD$348,398Full-timeopm:202607:37363 (opens in a new tab)
Medical OfficerPhysicianDurham, NC$396,074Full-timeopm:202607:35062 (opens in a new tab)

Self-reported pay at this employer

Not enough self-reported rows to display. Public records above are unaffected. Self-reported pay appears here only when five or more clinicians in the same specialty have shared it, and it is never mixed with the filings above.

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