10 Lowest Paying Specialties for Physicians

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Here are the salaries for the 10 lowest paying physician specialties (out of the top 20 recruited specialties) based on average salary from 2008-2009, according to the Merritt Hawkins & Associates' 2009 Review of Physician and CRNA Recruiting Incentives.

1. Pediatrics

• Low — $120,000
• Average — $171,000
• High — $350,000

2. Family practice

• Low — $120,000
• Average — $173,000
• High — $245,000

3. Family practice with obstetrics

• Low — $140,000
• Average — $184,000
• High — $275,000

4. Internal medicine

• Low — $140,000
• Average — $186,000
• High — $300,000

5. Psychiatry

• Low — $160,000
• Average — $200,000
• High — $300,000

6. Hospitalist

• Low — $160,000
• Average — $201,000
• High — $300,000

7. Emergency medicine

• Low — $185,000
• Average — $244,000
• High — $302,000

8. Neurology

• Low — $180,000
• Average — $258,000
• High — $375,000

9. OB/GYN

• Low — $150,000
• Average — $266,000
• High — $655,000

10. Pulmonary

• Low — $215,000
• Average — $293,000
• High — $400,000

Source: Merritt Hawkins & Associates' 2009 Review of Physician and CRNA Recruiting Incentives (pdf).

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