Here are 20 statistics on general surgeon compensation based on the Medscape General Surgeon Compensation Report 2016.
Overall compensation
1. Total compensation: $322,000
2. Percent growth over the past year: 1 percent
3. Men: $340,000
4. Women: $257,000
General surgeon compensation by practice setting
5. Office-based multispecialty group practice: $367,000
6. Healthcare organization: $348,000
7. Office-based single-specialty group practice: $329,000
8. Office-based solo practice: $312,000
9. Hospital: $307,000
10. Academic, research, military, government: $260,000
11. Outpatient clinic: $190,000
Region of the country
12. Northwest: $368,000
13. North Central: $366,000
14. West: $325,000
15. Southwest: $314,000
16. South Central: $316,000
17. Southeast: $329,000
18. Mid-Atlantic: $314,000
19. Great Lakes: $313,000
20. Northeast: $305,000