The number of male physicians (65 percent) still exceeds the number of female physicians (35 percent) in the healthcare field, and female physicians make less than their male counterparts.
Medscape surveyed more than 4,500 female physicians in their "Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2016."
Here are 25 statistics:
• Female primary care physicians made $192,000, on average, while their male counterparts earned $225,000.
• Male specialists had an average compensation of $342,000 with female specialists earning $242,000.
• While male physicians made more than female physicians, women's earnings increased more between Medscape's 2012 and 2016 than their male counterparts. For primary care physicians, female salary increased 36 percent, while salary for male PCPs was up 29 percent. The ratio for specialists mirrored this trend, with females experiencing a 40 percent increase and males seeing a 34 percent increase.
• Female radiologists had the highest compensation ($342,000), followed by cardiologists ($339,000) and dermatologists ($335,000).
• Female pediatricians had the lowest compensation in 2016 ($182,000), with family physicians ($183,000) and endocrinologists ($189,000) trailing closely behind.
• Thirty-three percent of women reported net worth of $1 million or more compared to 49 percent of men.
• Six percent of male physicians had net worth surpassing $5 million compared to 2 percent of female physicians.
• Female physicians in the North Central region made an average salary of $246,000, with female physicians in the Northwest making $242,000, on average. Female physicians in the Northeast reported the lowest earnings ($221,000).
• Of the female physicians who work full-time, women between the ages of 50 and 54 made the highest compensation ($250,000), while women between the ages of 28 and 34 made the lowest ($165,000).
• Self-employed female physicians had an average compensation of $189,000, compared to employed female physicians, with an average compensation of $173,000.
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