Primary care physicians earn around half as much as specialist physicians, according to a study by researchers from the University of California Davis School of Medicine sent to Reuters Health.
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
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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