Allergy physician vs family physician

The differences between allergy physicians and family physicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an allergy physician and a family physician. Additionally, a family physician has an average salary of $215,471, which is higher than the $213,223 average annual salary of an allergy physician.

The top three skills for an allergy physician include lab results, and . The most important skills for a family physician are patients, family medicine, and primary care.

Allergy physician vs family physician overview

	Allergy Physician	Family Physician
Yearly salary	$213,223	$215,471
Hourly rate	$102.51	$103.59
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,238	47,352
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 43%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Allergy physician vs family physician salary

Allergy physicians and family physicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Allergy Physician	Family Physician
Average salary	$213,223	$215,471
Salary range	Between $101,000 And $448,000	Between $135,000 And $342,000
Highest paying City	Bismarck, ND	Mount Vernon, WA
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Vermont
Best paying company	OSF HealthCare	Oregon Medical Group
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between allergy physician and family physician education

There are a few differences between an allergy physician and a family physician in terms of educational background:

	Allergy Physician	Family Physician
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 43%	Doctoral Degree, 36%
Most common major	Medicine	Medicine
Most common college	Duke University	University of Virginia

Allergy physician vs family physician demographics

Here are the differences between allergy physicians' and family physicians' demographics:

	Allergy Physician	Family Physician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 30.0% Female, 70.0%	Male, 42.2% Female, 57.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% Asian, 20.4% White, 64.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 5.2% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% Asian, 19.1% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between allergy physician and family physician duties and responsibilities

Allergy physician example responsibilities.

Manage catheters and dress wounds.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Assist physician with minor office surgeries and other various procedures ECG's and immunizations.

Family physician example responsibilities.

Manage complicated and often difficult to control chronic medical conditions in patients with limit resources.
Examine patients, using medical instruments and equipment; elicit and record information about patient's medical history.
Perform hematology, chemistry and immunology screen test to provide immediate results for diagnosis.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Case, endotracheal intubation and artificial mechanical ventilation to which it require, bladder catheterizations rectal and nasogastric.

Allergy physician vs family physician skills

Common allergy physician skills

Lab Results, 100%

Common family physician skills

Patients, 28%
Family Medicine, 26%
Primary Care, 15%
Urgent Care, 8%
EMR, 7%
Internal Medicine, 3%

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