Medscape is out with its Physician Compensation Report from 29 specialities and 18,000 doctors in the U.S.
Plastic surgeons earn the most on average: $526,000. That's up 10% over the last survey.
Next in line are orthopedists ($511,000), cardiologists ($459,000) and urologists ($427,000).
Among 29 specialists, pediatricians are last on the list with $221,000 per year.
The data was collected from Oct. 6, 2020 through Feb. 11, 2021.
Primary care doctors averaged $242,000 a year.
Specialists averaged $344,000 a year.
Those annual numbers are down slightly compared to pre-Covid-19.
Here is the list of specialists, courtesy of Becker Hospital Review:
1. Plastic surgery: $526,000 (10 percent increase)
2. Orthopedics: $511,000 (0 percent)
3. Cardiology: $459,000 (5 percent increase)
4. Urology: $427,000 (2 percent increase)
5. Otolaryngology: $417,000 (9 percent decrease)
6. Radiology: $413,000 (3 percent decrease)
7. Gastroenterology: $406,000 (3 percent decrease)
8. Oncology: $403,000 (7 percent increase)
9. Dermatology: $394,000 (4 percent decrease)
10. Ophthalmology: $379,000 (0 percent)
11. Anesthesiology: $378,000 (5 percent decrease)
12. Surgery, general: $373,000 (2 percent increase)
13. Critical care: $366,000 (3 percent increase)
14. Emergency medicine: $354,000 (1 percent decrease)
15. Pulmonary medicine: $333,000 (3 percent decrease)
16. Pathology: $316,000 (0 percent)
17. OB/Gyn: $312,000 (1 percent increase)
18. Nephrology: $311,000 (1 percent increase)
19. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: $300,000 (3 percent decrease)
20. Neurology: $290,000 (3 percent increase)
21. Rheumatology: $276,000 (5 percent increase)
22. Psychiatry: $275,000 (3 percent increase)
23. Allergy and immunology: $274,000 (9 percent decrease)
24. Internal medicine: $248,000 (1 percent decrease)
25. Infectious diseases: $245,000 (0 percent)
25. Diabetes and endocrinology: $245,000 (4 percent increase)
27. Public health and preventive medicine: $237,000 (2 percent increase)
28. Family medicine: $236,000 (0 percent)
29. Pediatrics: $221,000 (5 percent decrease)
Read more here:
https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2021-compensation-overview-6013761?src=comp2021_PR&faf=1
Thanks for letting readers know about this survey. But I wonder how reliable it is. Sampling is nowhere near random, and some of the specialties are represented by <200 respondents. "Modeling" was used to try to improve validity, which could introduce additional error. Best-compensated physicians are in Alabama?
So what is the appropriate salary for a person who must graduate college with honors then compete for professional school then residency then fellowship work 80-100 hours a week have 30% indigent patients with no pay while being exposed to dangerous infectious agents over a third of the time with contagious diseases that test negative anyway but are there.? Ten years of training getting paid well below poverty level after college. You asked the question. And a zero pay increase despite inflation which is no longer honestly represented by CPI but by PPI..
that sounds very harsh!