Orthopedics and plastic surgery have traded the top two spots in Medscape’s annual Physician Compensation Report every year since 2021, with orthopedics seeing 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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