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
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