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40 Statistics on Physician Compensation
By Ayla Ellison
P
hysician compensation varies widely
between specialty and region as well as
by sex and race.
e following 40 statistics provide a view of the
current compensation landscape in healthcare.
Average starting salary
Source: Merritt Hawkins' "2016 Review of
Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruit-
ing Incentives" report
1. Family medicine physicians — $225,000
2. Psychiatrists — $250,000
3. Internal medicine physicians — $237,000
4. Hospitalists — $249,000
5. Nurse practitioners — $117,000
Primary care physician compensation
Source: Medical Group Management Associa-
tion's "Physician Compensation and Produc-
tion Survey"
6. Median primary care physician compen-
sation was more than $250,000 in 2015, up 4
percent from 2014.
7. Over the past five years, primary care com-
pensation has increased by 18 percent.
8. Primary care physicians in Arkansas, Alas-
ka and Wisconsin earned the highest salaries
in 2015.
9. Primary care physicians in Maine, Mary-
land and Nevada earned the least in 2015.
Specialty care physician compensation
Source: Medical Group Management Associa-
tion's "Physician Compensation and Produc-
tion Survey"
10. Median specialist compensation was about
$425,000 in 2015, up 3 percent from 2014.
11. Specialist compensation has increased by
about 11 percent over the past five years.
12. Specialty care physicians in Nebraska, Ne-
vada and Wisconsin earned the highest total
compensation in 2015.
13. Specialty care physicians in Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Wyoming earned the lowest
compensation in 2015.
14. Surgeons earned the highest total com-
pensation in 2015, with pediatric cardiovas-
cular and neurological surgery, Mohs surgery,
orthopedic spinal surgery and neurological
surgery ranking among the five highest com-
pensated specialties last year.
Female physician compensation
Source: "Medscape Female Physician Com-
pensation Report 2016"
15. Female primary care physicians earn an
average of $192,000 per year.
16. Female specialists earn an average of
$242,000 per year.
17. Female radiologists earn an average of
$342,000 per year.
18. Female cardiologists earn an average of
$339,000 annually.
19. Female dermatologists earn $335,000 on
average per year.
20. Female anesthesiologists earn $317,000 on
average annually.
21. Female gastroenterologists earn an average
of $303,000 per year.
22. Female oncologists earn $285,000 on
average per year.
23. Female emergency medicine physicians
earn an average of $279,000 annually.
24. Female general surgeons earn $257,000 on
average annually.
25. Female obstetricians/gynecologists earn
an average of $256,000 per year.
26. Female pathologists earn $256,000 on
average per year.
27. Female ophthalmologists earn an average
of $242,000 annually.
28. Female neurologists earn $214,000 on
average per year.
29. Female psychiatrists earn an average of
$205,000 per year.
30. Female internists earn $202,000 on aver-
age annually.
31. Female HIV/Infectious disease physicians
earn an average of $200,000 per year.
32. Female endocrinologists earn $189,000 on
average annually.
33. Female family medicine physicians earn
an average of $183,000 per year.
34. Female pediatricians earn $182,000 on
average per year.
Source: "Differences in incomes of physicians
in the U.S. by race and sex: observational
study" published in BMJ.
35. Black female physicians earn a mean
annual income of $166,833.
36. White female physicians earn a mean
annual income of $174,106.
Male physicians
37. Male primary care physicians earn an
average of $225,000 per year, according to the
Medscape report.
38. Male specialists earn an average of
$324,000 per year, according to Medscape.
39. Black male physicians' mean annual in-
come is $210,000, according to the BMJ study.
40. White male physicians' mean annual income
is $255,383, according to the BMJ study. n
5 Largest Medical Groups in the US
By Ayla Ellison
O
akland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Medical Group tops the list of
the largest medical groups in the U.S., based on physician participation,
according to a SK&A report.
Here are the five largest medical group in the nation, according to the report.
1. Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
(Oakland, Calif.): 7,948 physicians
2. Cleveland Clinic: 2,138 physicians
3. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.): 1,776 physicians
4. Mercy Clinic (St. Louis): 1,674 physicians
5. Northwell Health Physician Partners, formerly North Shore-Long Island
Jewish Medical Group (Syosset, N.Y.): 1,380 physicians. n
