Average earnings of nonsupervisory workers in the majority health care sectors are elevated than the average for all private industry, with hospital workers earning significantly more than the average and those employed in nursing and residential care facilities and home health care services earning fewer. Average earnings frequently are higher in hospitals because the percentage of jobs needing higher levels of education and training is greater than in other sectors. Those sectors of the industry with lower earnings employ large numbers of part-time service workers.
Specialty |
All Physicians |
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| Allergy and Immunology |
$227,080 |
| Anesthesiology |
$337,654 |
| Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery |
$470,000 |
| Cardiology |
$363,081 |
| Colon & Rectal Surgery |
$366,687 |
| Critical Care Medicine |
$234,503 |
| Dermatology |
$306,935 |
| Diagnostic Radiology - Interventional |
$424,992 |
| Diagnostic Radiology - Non-Interventional |
$400,000 |
| Emergency Care |
$248,721 |
| Endocrinology |
$194,243 |
| Family Medicine |
$178,366 |
| Family Medicine - with Obstetrics |
$186,451 |
| Gastroenterology |
$344,200 |
| General Surgery |
$310,736 |
| Geriatrics |
$162,541 |
| Gynecological Oncology |
$356,756 |
| Gynecology |
$224,134 |
| Gynecology & Obstetrics |
$271,273 |
| Hematology & Medical Oncology |
$263,284 |
| Hospitalist |
$189,677 |
| Hypertension & Nephrology |
$229,992 |
| Infectious Disease |
$194,750 |
| Intensivist |
$245,293 |
| Internal Medicine |
$183,840 |
| Neonatology |
$246,872 |
| Neurological Surgery |
$476,260 |
| Neurology |
$211,995 |
| Nuclear Medicine (M.D. only) |
$300,000 |
| Obstetrics |
$251,787 |
| Occupational/Environmental Medicine |
$202,063 |
| Oral Surgery |
$317,634 |
| Ophthalmology |
$281,112 |
| Orthopedic Surgery |
$409,518 |
| Orthopedic-Medical |
$262,170 |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Joint Replacement |
$476,446 |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Hand |
$387,626 |
| Orthopedic Surg.-Pediatrics |
$355,758 |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Spine |
$554,054 |
| Otolaryngology |
$315,000 |
| Pathology (M.D. only) |
$274,792 |
| Pediatric Intensive Care |
$201,901 |
| Pediatric Allergy |
$163,338 |
| Pediatric Cardiology |
$231,754 |
| Pediatric Endocrinology |
$180,153 |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology |
$216,000 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology |
$200,260 |
| Pediatric Nephrology |
$178,181 |
| Pediatric Neurology |
$197,282 |
| Pediatric Pulmonary Disease |
$175,440 |
| Pediatric Surgery |
$322,969 |
| Pediatrics & Adolescent |
$182,186 |
| Pediatric Infectious Disease |
$179,919 |
| Perinatology |
$341,933 |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
$207,004 |
| Plastic & Reconstruction |
$345,000 |
| Psychiatry |
$186,786 |
| Psychiatry - Child |
$214,873 |
| Pulmonary Disease |
$238,450 |
| Radiation Therapy (M.D. only) |
$356,097 |
| Reproductive Endocrinology |
$316,241 |
| Rheumatologic Disease |
$204,166 |
| Sports Medicine |
$245,920 |
| Surgical Sports Medicine |
$417,106 |
| Transplant Surgery - Kidney |
$351,031 |
| Transplant Surgery - Liver |
$379,409 |
| Trauma Surgery |
$353,706 |
| Urgent Care |
$194,687 |
| Urology |
$349,811 |
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