Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
Family Medicine Physicians
Diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to individuals and families across the lifespan. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.
Also called: Board Certified Family Physician, Family Medicine Physician, Family Physician, Family Practice Medical Doctor (FP MD), Family Practice Physician (FP Physician), Family Practitioner
- Median pay in Greater Boston
- $284,010
- $136.54/hr
- Jobs in Greater Boston
- 2,950
- Massachusetts 2024–2034
- −0.5%
- 90 openings a year
- Typical U.S. entry requirement
- Doctoral or professional degree
- plus Internship/residency
Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.
Pay range in Greater Boston
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $107,650 | $215,730 | $284,010 | $361,650 | $374,630 |
10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.
What you’d do
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
- Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
- Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
AI and this job
AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.
Higher exposure71 of 100
The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:
- AIOE 73
- Language-model AIOE 78
- GPTs-are-GPTs 61
Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)
Family medicine has higher AI exposure, which means AI tools can help with some of the job's tasks. Tools may help with reading test results, sorting through records, and keeping patient notes. Observed AI use in this job is little or none so far. Physical exams, treatment decisions, and talking with patients and families are not tasks AI tools handle. Massachusetts job counts are projected to dip slightly (-0.5%) from 2024 to 2034.
Likely to change
- Writing and organizing patient visit records
- Reviewing test results and medical histories
Still relies on people
- Examining patients and making care decisions
- Explaining results and treatment to families
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Training near Boston
College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).
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