Ob Hospitalist Salary in the United States

How much does an Ob Hospitalist make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for an Ob Hospitalist in the United States is $321,081 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $154.

However, an Ob Hospitalist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $377,097
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $300,303 to $350,402
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $281,386
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Ob Hospitalist Salaries by Percentile

Annual
Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $350,402 $29,200 $6,739 $168
Average $321,081 $26,757 $6,175 $154
25th Percentile $300,303 $25,025 $5,775 $144
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Key Factors That Influence Ob Hospitalist Salaries

An Ob Hospitalist's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Ob Hospitalist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Ob Hospitalist's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $317,618
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $319,061
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $320,504
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $322,524
  • Expert (over 8 years): $327,960
Levels Salary
Entry Level Ob Hospitalist$317,618
Intermediate Level Ob Hospitalist$319,061
Senior Level Ob Hospitalist$320,504
Specialist Level Ob Hospitalist$322,524
Expert Level Ob Hospitalist$327,960
$317,618 0 yr
$319,061 < 2 yrs
$320,504 2-4 yrs
$322,524 5-8 yrs
$327,960 > 8 yrs
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Top Paying Cities for Ob Hospitalists

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $404,979
  • San Francisco: $400,998
  • Oakland: $392,104

What Skills Can Increase an Ob Hospitalist's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Leadership (Mentioned in 4.11% Job Postings): Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
  • Acute Care (Mentioned in 4.25% Job Postings): Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.
  • Critical Care (Mentioned in 2.94% Job Postings): Critical care is sometimes referred as intensive care. Intensive care medicine, or critical care medicine, is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions that may require sophisticated life support and intensive monitoring. An intensivist is a physician who specializes in the care of critically ill patients, most often in the intensive care unit (ICU). Intensivists can be internists or internal medicine sub-specialists (most often pulmonologists), anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians, pediatricians (including neonatologists), or surgeons who have completed a fellowship in critical care medicine.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Leadership 4.11%
Acute Care 4.25%
Critical Care 2.94%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on an Ob Hospitalist's salary.
  • Clinical Care: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
  • Critical Care: Can increase your salary by up to 3%.
  • Flexibility: Can increase your salary by up to 3%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Clinical Care
$333,924
4%
Critical Care
$330,713
3%
Flexibility
$330,713
3%
Initiative
$330,713
3%
Acute Care
$327,503
2%
Communication Skills
$327,503
2%
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How Education impacts an Ob Hospitalist's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many Ob Hospitalists enter the field with a JD, MD, PhD or Equivalent degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for an Ob Hospitalist with a JD, MD, PhD or Equivalent is between $311,808 and $342,795).

Ob Hospitalist Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for Ob Hospitalist
Degree Level % of user with this level of education
No Diploma 1.2%
High School 3.6%
Associates 1.2%
Bachelors 4.2%
Masters 3.6%
Doctorate 86.3%
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Ob Hospitalist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Ob Hospitalist's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Ob Hospitalist

Salaries for an Ob Hospitalist can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $219,871 in 2023 to around $213,578 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Ob Hospitalist salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of Ob Hospitalist Over Time

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2023
$219,871
2024
$219,888
2025
$213,578
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2023 $219,871
2024 $219,888
2025 $213,578
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