Health Media designed and fielded the survey, collecting more than 20,000 responses — 7,753 of which contained salary information. Survey Design & Analysis analyzed the data.
The key details to know:
Annual orthopedic physician/surgeon pay compared to other specialties
1. Orthopedics: $414,283
2. Oncology: $410,941
3. Cardiology: $400,603
4. Urology: $395,000
5. Gastroenterology: $387,078
6. General surgery: $359,761
7. Dermatology: $359,519
8. Radiology: $357,292
9. Anesthesiology: $356,992
10. Critical care: $340,900
11. Pain management: $331,506
12. Emergency medicine: $323,799
13. Pulmonology: $293,651
14. Obstetrics and gynecology: $286,406
15. Ophthalmology: $262,687
16. Hospitalist: $257,283
17. Nephrology: $255,821
18. Neurology: $248,404
19. Psychiatry: $240,240
20. Infectious disease: $220,125
21. Rheumatology: $214,396
22. Internal medicine: $212,955
23. Family medicine: $208,272
24. Endocrinology: $208,118
25. Pediatrics: $199,616
Focus among respondents
26 General orthopedic surgery: 28.6 percent
27. Total joint surgery: 16.9 percent
28. Sports medicine: 15.2 percent
29. Spine surgery: 11.7 percent
30. Foot and ankle surgery: 11.4 percent
31. Hand surgery: 8.3 percent
32. Pediatric surgery: 3.8 percent
33. Trauma surgery: 2.8 percent
34. Oncologist: 1 percent
35. Orthopedic surgery leadership: .3 percent
Facility type
36. Single-specialty group practice: 30 percent
37. Hospital: 24.8 percent
38. Multispecialty group practice: 20.3 percent
39. Solo private practice: 15.2 percent
40. College or university (academic): 3.4 percent
41. VA hospital or other government facility: 1.7 percent
42. Other: 1.7 percent
43. College or university (clinical): 1.4 percent
44. Community healthcare center: 1 percent
45. Walk-in or urgent clinic: .3 percent
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