This growth is similar to the average compensation increase from 2013 to 2014 of 2.8 percent. The largest compensation increases were seen among emergency medicine physicians (9.6 percent), cardiac/thoracic surgeons (8.1 percent), cardiologists (6.9 percent) and nephrologists (6.7 percent), according to AMGA.
Among organizations that use production-based measures for at least half of compensation, work RVUs are still dominant, according to the survey. Work RVUs are defined as non-monetary units that measure the professional services a physician provides.
Here is the median compensation and work RVU for 28 specialties in 2015, which is based on AMGMA data. Work RVU data is adjusted to 1.0 full-time equivalent physician. Specialties included had the largest provider counts in the survey.
Allergy/Immunology
Compensation: $294,245
wRVU: 4,216
Anesthesiology
Compensation: $416,563
wRVU: 10,891
Cardiology – General
Compensation: $483,653
wRVU: 7,413
Cardiology – Cath Lab
Compensation: $584,118
wRVU: 9,218
Cardiac/Thoracic Surgery
Compensation: $645,112
wRVU: 10,072
Dermatology
Compensation: $434,520
wRVU: 7,329
Diagnostic Radiology (MD Non-Interventional)
Compensation: $490,399
wRVU: 8,907
Emergency Medicine
Compensation: $355,280
wRVU: 6,906
Endocrinology
Compensation: $242,202
wRVU: 4,677
Family Medicine
Compensation: $234,706
wRVU: 4,908
Gastroenterology
Compensation: $505,194
wRVU: 8,264
General Surgery
Compensation: $413,824
wRVU: 6,736
Hematology and Medical Oncology
Compensation: $416,738
wRVU: 4,788
Hospitalist – Internal Medicine
Compensation: $275,363
wRVU: 4,279
Hypertension and Nephrology
Compensation: $329,750
wRVU: 7,133
Infectious Disease
Compensation: $261,630
wRVU: 4,780
Internal Medicine
Compensation: $249,588
wRVU: 4,891
Neurology
Compensation: $284,751
wRVU: 4,737
OB/GYN – General
Compensation: $333,231
wRVU: 6,853
Ophthalmology
Compensation: $385,149
wRVU: 8,711
Orthopedic Surgery
Compensation: $582,056
wRVU: 7,848
Otolaryngology
Compensation: $419,818
wRVU: 6,903
Pediatrics & Adolescent – General
Compensation: $235,257
wRVU: 5,299
Psychiatry
Compensation: $254,942
wRVU: 4,079
Pulmonary Disease (without Critical Care)
Compensation: $352,462
wRVU: 5,768
Rheumatologic Disease
Compensation: $251,913
wRVU: 4,821
Urgent Care
Compensation: $264,197
wRVU: 4,910
Urology
Compensation: $441,836
wRVU: 7,649
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