Lead researcher J. Paul Leigh as his colleagues collected information from more than 6,000 practicing physicians in 2004 and 2005 and found that physicians earned an average annual income of $187,857 and worked on average 53 hours per week.
The lowest wages were paid to primary care physicians, who made an average of $60.48 per hour. Surgeons earned the highest average hourly wage in broad categories of practice, at $92 per hour, while internal medicine and pediatric physicians earned around $85 an hour.
In specific subspecialties, the highest wages went to neurologic surgeons and radiation oncologists, who earned $132 per hour and $126 per hour, respectively.
Read the Reuters Health report on the study on physician compensation.
Read more on compensation:
–Physician Compensation and Revenue Differs Based on Hospital Ownership
–10 Statistics About How Non-Profit Hospitals Determine Compensation
