Infectious Disease Physician Salary 2026: What ID Jobs Pay

Employers advertising Infectious Disease jobs on PhysEmp are offering Salaries with average of $235,000 to $256,000 a year, based on the 9 of 38 active infectious disease listings that disclosed pay. Data pulled October 1, 2026, from live job ads on PhysEmp. Updated quarterly.

Why this is different: these figures come from salaries employers posted in live job ads on PhysEmp this quarter, not from surveys or self-reported pay. They show what employers are offering right now, before bonuses and negotiation.

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Infectious disease pay at a glance

Specialty Active listings Listings with pay Posted range Average posted range
Infectious disease 38 9 $200,000 – $300,000 $234,738 – $255,849

About 24% of infectious disease listings on PhysEmp disclose pay. With only 9 listings reporting pay, treat these figures as directional.

Infectious disease pay by state

States with at least 2 infectious disease listings that disclosed pay, ranked by the low end of the average range:

State Active listings Listings with pay Average posted range
California 4 2 $260,000 – $275,000
New York 9 7 $227,520 – $250,377

How infectious disease pay has moved in 2026

Data pulled Active listings Listings with pay Average posted range
October 1, 2026 38 9 $234,738 – $255,849
July 1, 2026 47 9 $223,000 – $244,111
April 1, 2026 39 7 $228,571 – $255,000

Infectious disease posted pay is up about $6,000 on the low end and roughly flat on the high end since April. With so few listings reporting pay, quarter-to-quarter swings mostly reflect which jobs happen to be posted.

Common questions

How much do infectious disease physicians make?

Infectious disease jobs posted on PhysEmp in October 2026 offer an average of $235,000 to $256,000 a year, with individual offers ranging from $200,000 to $300,000.

Which states pay infectious disease physicians the most?

Among states with at least 2 salary disclosures, California and New York post the highest averages, starting at $227,000 or more.

How these numbers are calculated

PhysEmp pulls every active infectious disease job ad on the site at the start of each quarter. Salary figures come only from ads where the employer posted pay. The average posted range is the average of the low and high ends of those posted ranges. Full-time and locum listings are combined. Figures are employer-posted and not independently verified.

Last updated October 2026. Next update January 2027. All specialties in the PhysEmp Salary Report →

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