Urgent Care Physician Salary 2026: What Urgent Care Jobs Pay

Employers advertising Urgent Care jobs on PhysEmp are offering Salaries with average of $300,000 to $327,000 a year, based on the 13 of 97 active urgent care 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.

See all active urgent care jobs →

Urgent care pay at a glance

SpecialtyActive listingsListings with payPosted rangeAverage posted range
Urgent care9713$254,000 – $410,000$299,631 – $327,489

About 13% of urgent care listings on PhysEmp disclose pay. With only 13 listings reporting pay, treat these figures as directional.

Urgent care pay by state

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

StateActive listingsListings with payAverage posted range
California143$311,333 – $355,333
South Carolina42$291,200 – $296,400

Single-listing states (one data point each): Colorado $345,000 – $365,000; Nevada $315,000 – $330,000; Indiana $312,000 – $332,800; Connecticut $296,000 – $400,000; Kentucky $280,800 – $305,760; Georgia $280,000 – $290,000; Texas $275,000 – $280,000; Wisconsin $275,000 – $295,000.

Some urgent care markets list no pay at all: Missouri (13 listings).

How urgent care pay has moved in 2026

Data pulledActive listingsListings with payAverage posted range
October 1, 20269713$299,631 – $327,489
July 1, 202613418$299,189 – $327,798
April 1, 202616021$281,095 – $305,512

Urgent care posted pay is up about $19,000 on the low end and up about $22,000 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 urgent care physicians make?

Urgent care jobs posted on PhysEmp in October 2026 offer an average of $300,000 to $327,000 a year, with individual offers ranging from $254,000 to $410,000.

Which states pay urgent care physicians the most?

Among states with at least 2 salary disclosures, California and South Carolina post the highest averages, starting at $291,000 or more.

How these numbers are calculated

PhysEmp pulls every active urgent care 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 →

Relevant articles

Subscribe to our newsletter

Physician workforce news and career advice from PhysEmp, free every week.

The best candidates for your jobs, right in your inbox.

We’ll get back to you shortly

By submitting your information you agree to PhysEmp’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use…