The 10 highest-paying physician specialties in the last 5 years
Orthopedics and plastic surgery have traded the top two spots in Medscape’s annual Physician Compensation Report every year since 2021, and both specialties have seen compensation climb by more than $80,000 over that span.
Orthopedic surgeons now command an average of $611,000 annually, up 20% from five years ago, while plastic surgeons earn $554,000.
- Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery: $611,000
- Cardiology: $575,000
- Radiology: $571,000
- Plastic surgery: $554,000
- Anesthesiology: $543,000
- Urology: $535,000
- Gastroenterology: $530,000
- Otolaryngology: $508,000
- Oncology and hematology: $464,000
- Dermatology: $448,000
- Orthopedic and orthopedic surgery: $543,000
- Radiology: $520,000
- Plastic surgery: $516,000
- Cardiology: $506,000
- Anesthesiology: $499,000
- Gastroenterology: $495,000
- Urology: $485,000
- Otolaryngology: $473,000
- Oncology and hematology: $452,000
- Dermatology: $424,000
- Orthopedics (includes orthopedics and orthopedic surgery): $558,000
- Plastic surgery: $536,000
- Cardiology: $525,000
- Urology: $515,000
- Gastroenterology: $512,000
- Radiology: $498,000
- Dermatology: $479,000
- Anesthesiology: $472,000
- Oncology (includes hematology and oncology): $464,000
- Plastic surgery: $576,000
- Orthopedics: $557,000
- Cardiology: $490,000
- Otolaryngology: $469,000
- Urology: $461,000
- Gastroenterology: $453,000
- Dermatology: $438,000
- Radiology: $437,000
- Ophthalmology: $417,000
- Plastic surgery: $526,000
- Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery: $511,000
- Cardiology: $459,000
- Urology: $427,000
- Otolaryngology: $417,000
- Radiology: $413,000
- Gastroenterology: $406,000
- Oncology: $403,000
- Dermatology: $394,000
- Ophthalmology: $379,000
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