The findings are from an annual advanced practitioner compensation survey from Chicago-based consulting firm SullivanCotter.
The survey is based on information from 816 organizations representing more than 124,000 individual advanced practice providers and more than 3,400 advanced practitioner leaders from across the U.S. Results of the survey were released Nov. 15.
Here is the median total cash compensation, which is equal to base salaries plus annual incentive awards, for physician assistants by specialty and in descending order, according to survey data shared with Becker’s:
Family medicine with obstetrics — $157,951
Cardiovascular surgery — $151,845
Cardiothoracic surgery — $151,534
Cardiology, electrophysiology — $150,138
Psychiatry, outpatient — $148,340
Critical care medicine, cardiology — $143,749
Hospitalist, nocturnist — $143,665
Anesthesiology, perioperative medicine — $142,644
Emergency medicine — $142,147
Pediatrics, cardiothoracic surgery — $141,211
Oncology, bone marrow transplant — $140,470
Ophthalmology, general — $140,000
Cardiology, cardiac imaging (echo, CT, MRI, nuclear) — $138,445
Bariatric surgery — $138,045
Urgent care — $138,008
Surgical first assist — $137,964
Orthopedic surgery, spine — $137,696
Cardiology, invasive-interventional — $136,669
Occupational and environmental medicine — $136,469
Pediatrics, neonatal-perinatal medicine — $136,296
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