Medscape Physician Salary Survey Data

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29 physician specialties ranked by annual compensation

Physician salaries rebounded 7 percent toward the end of 2021 as routine patient care returned, with primary care physicians earning an average annual compensation of $260,000 and specialists earning an average of $368,000, according to Medscape's

www.beckershospitalreview.com

For its latest report, Medscape collected responses from 13,000 physicians across 29 specialties from Oct. 5, 2021-Jan. 19, 2022.

The following is annual physician compensation by specialty with the percent changes from the 2021 edition of the Medscape report, which is based on data collected from Oct. 6, 2020-Feb. 11, 2021. This report reflects salary, bonus and profit-sharing contributions for employed physicians, and earnings after taxes and pre-income tax deductible business expenses for self-employed physicians. Only full-time salaries are used in calculations. Note: Percentages are rounded.

1. Plastic surgery: $576,000 (10 percent increase)

2. Orthopedics: $557,000 (9 percent increase)

3. Cardiology: $490,000 (7 percent increase)

4. Otolaryngology: $469,000 (12 percent increase)

5. Urology: $461,000 (8 percent increase)

6. Gastroenterology: $453,000 (12 percent increase)

7. Dermatology: $438,000 (11 percent increase)

8. Radiology: $437,000 (6 percent increase)

9. Ophthalmology: $417,000 (10 percent increase)

10. Oncology: $411,000 (2 percent increase)

11. Anesthesiology: $405,000 (7 percent increase)

12. Surgery, general: $402,000 (8 percent increase)

13. Emergency medicine: $373,000 (5 percent increase)

14. Critical care: $369,000 (1 percent increase)

15. Pulmonary medicine: $353,000 (6 percent increase)

16. OB-GYN: $336,000 (8 percent increase)

17. Pathology: $334,000 (6 percent increase)

18. Nephrology: $329,000 (6 percent increase)

19. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: $322,000 (7 percent increase)

20. Neurology: $301,000 (4 percent increase)

21. Allergy and immunology: $298,000 (9 percent increase)

22. Rheumatology: $289,000 (5 percent increase)

23. Psychiatry: $287,000 (4 percent increase)

24. Internal medicine: $264,000 (6 percent increase)

25. Infectious diseases: $260,000 (6 percent increase)

26. Diabetes and endocrinology: $257,000 (5 percent increase)

27. Family medicine: $255,000 (8 percent increase)

28. Pediatrics: $244,000 (10 percent increase)

29. Public health and preventive medicine: $243,000 (3 percent increase)

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[Agast]

Inflation was around 4.7% so some of those specialties lost money. Biggest FU to our hardworking Critical Care docs

 

[CCM-MD]

Inflation was around 4.7% so some of those specialties lost money. Biggest FU to our hardworking Critical Care docs

Medscape survey is wildly inaccurate.

 

[mid|ine]

Medscape survey is wildly inaccurate.

How do you think it skews? Upper end seems too low, but lower end seems about right or maybe a bit high.

 

[hyperalgesia]

I think it seems pretty accurate. Survey respondents probably skew toward the lower end at the top and the higher end at the bottom. Family docs who make 120k are usually either bitter or just don't give a crap about salary surveys to complete them. The super high end shake their heads and wonder if medscape takes them for fools to broadcast their wealth.

 

[MitchLevi]

This does not include physician practice owners or partners.

It's basically employed doctors, their bonuses and profit sharing.

 

[CCM-MD]

How do you think it skews? Upper end seems too low, but lower end seems about right or maybe a bit high.

Their sample size is tiny and methodology is weak. Brief glance, CCM, radiology, derm are 100k lower than the most recent MGMA data.

Medscape is a joke.