Over the past two years, median compensation for non-academic adult hospitalists increased 8.2 percent annually, from $233,855 to $252,996. For non-academic pediatric hospitalists it increased 9.5 percent, from $178,885 to $195,832.
Although compensation has increased across the board, some geographic regions are doing better than others. For instance, the median compensation for physicians at non-academic hospitals is highest in the Midwestern region.
- Eastern: $238,676
- Midwestern: $261,868
- Southern: $258,020
- Western: $249,894
Additionally, the median physician compensation was highest at non-academic, physician-owned hospital medicine groups compared to other group types.
Since 2012, the median compensation for academic internal medicine hospitalists has also increased, although more modestly than at academic hospitals. The median is now $187,600, up 6.1 percent from $176,837 since two years ago. However, the median for academic internal medicine hospitalists is still 26.1 percent lower than the $253,977 compensation of non-academic internal medicine hospitalists.
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