Here are the physician specialties that were most and least satisfied with their compensation in 2011:
Highest compensation satisfaction rates:
• Dermatologists: 71 percent
• Pathologists: 63 percent
• Radiologists: 62 percent
• Emergency physicians: 61 percent
• Anesthesiologists: 59 percent
Lowest compensation satisfaction rates:
• Plastic surgeons: 38 percent
• Endocrinologists: 38 percent
• Urologists: 40 percent
• Rheumatologists: 42 percent
• General surgeons: 43 percent
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