Interventional radiology and neurosurgery saw the greatest jumps in annual compensation among 40 specialties, Doximity found.
Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in June on how AI is changing physician careers and pay, and included salary data from the platform’s dataset of more than 23,000 responses collected in 2025, according to a company news release.
Average physician compensation increased 2% from 2024 to 2025, compared with 3.7% in the prior year. Nearly all specialties saw a pay increase, but only 10 saw growth over 6%. The specialties with the greatest jump in pay mainly include surgical and procedural specialties, but one primary care specialty made the list as well.
Only radiology appeared in the top 10 for compensation growth in both 2024 and 2025.
Here are the 10 specialties with the largest jump in average annual compensation:
| Specialty | Compensation increase | Average compensation |
| Interventional radiology | 10.8% | $634,658 |
| Neurosurgery | 10.7% | $829,161 |
| Pathology | 9.8% | $410,039 |
| Allergy and immunology | 8.8% | $335,978 |
| Thoracic surgery | 8.7% | $749,707 |
| OBGYN | 8.0% | $420,859 |
| Medicine/pediatrics | 7.9% | $319,995 |
| Child neurology | 6.9% | $309,593 |
| Radiology | 6.6% | $609,684 |
| Endocrinology | 6.6% | $309,782 |
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