According to the 2023 Physician Compensation Report from Doximity, surgeons take home the highest pay, while pediatricians typically take home the least.
More than 80 percent of physicians are members, giving Doximity one of the largest physician compensation data sets in the U.S.
In 2022, Doximity surveyed 31,000 full-time physicians.
In total, a pool of 190,000 physicians’ responses from the past six years were used to craft this report.
See a partial list of the the rankings below:
Top 10 Specialities with the highest annual compensation:
1. Neurosurgery — $788,313
2. Thoracic surgery — $706,775
3. Orthopedic surgery — $624,043
4. Plastic surgery — $571,373
5. Vascular surgery — $557,632
6. Oral and maxillofacial surgery — $556,642
7. Radiation oncology — $547,026
8. Cardiology — $544,201
9. Urology — $505,564
10. Radiology — $503,564
Top 10 Specialities with the lowest compensation:
1. Pediatric endocrinology — $218,266
2. Pediatric infectious disease — $221,126
3. Pediatric rheumatology — $226,186
4. Pediatric hematology and oncology — $237,005
5. Pediatric nephrology — $238,208
6. Pediatrics — $242,832
7. Medical genetics — $244,107
8. Pediatric pulmonology — $263,742
9. Medicine/pediatrics — $270,396
10. Family medicine — $273,040
Click here to view full list of rankings.
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