Neonatal medicine pediatricians made $339,528 on average in 2010, and child development pediatricians made an average of $165,594, the lowest of all pediatricians surveyed.
Here are the average annual compensation figures of physicians within 16 specialties of pediatrics in 2010:
Neonatal Medicine: $339,528
Cardiology: $311,501
Critical Care/Intensivist: $311,039
Gastroenterology: $306,818
Neurology: $264,828
Emergency Medicine: $255,717
Pulmonology: $255,239
Nephrology: $234,524
Hematology/Oncology: $229,765
General: $210,678
Allergy/Immunology: $202,274
Infectious Disease: $193,539
Endocrinology: $191,098
Adolescent Medicine: $189,587
Urgent Care: $178,255
Child Development: $165,594
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