Allergy physician vs family practitioner

The differences between allergy physicians and family practitioners 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 practitioner. Additionally, an allergy physician has an average salary of $213,223, which is higher than the $180,399 average annual salary of a family practitioner.

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

Allergy physician vs family practitioner overview

	Allergy Physician	Family Practitioner
Yearly salary	$213,223	$180,399
Hourly rate	$102.51	$86.73
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	38,238	50,599
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Allergy physician vs family practitioner salary

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

	Allergy Physician	Family Practitioner
Average salary	$213,223	$180,399
Salary range	Between $101,000 And $448,000	Between $90,000 And $359,000
Highest paying City	Bismarck, ND	Philadelphia, PA
Highest paying state	North Dakota	Florida
Best paying company	OSF HealthCare	PeaceHealth
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between allergy physician and family practitioner education

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

	Allergy Physician	Family Practitioner
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Medicine	Medicine
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Allergy physician vs family practitioner demographics

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

	Allergy Physician	Family Practitioner
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 30.0% Female, 70.0%	Male, 40.1% Female, 59.9%
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, 5.3% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian, 19.0% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between allergy physician and family practitioner 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 practitioner example responsibilities.

Manage family health problems, examine patients, perform physical examination.
Manage conditions including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, hypothyroidism, asthma, and GERD.
Provide examination, testing, diagnosis, treatment, referral and follow- up care for newborn through geriatrics.
Provide residential care and emergency medical treatment to incapacitate elderly patients
Operate electrocardiogram equipment to administer diagnostic testing (EKG).
Ensure patient and family understanding of diagnosis treatment and all accompanying relevant information.

Allergy physician vs family practitioner skills

Common allergy physician skills

Lab Results, 100%

Common family practitioner skills

Family Medicine, 32%
Patients, 25%
Family Practice, 12%
Internal Medicine, 8%
Urgent Care, 7%
Pediatrics, 6%

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