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.
How PA salaries stacked up:
1. Cardiology: $128,046
2. Critical care: $132,022
3. Dermatology: $109,019
4. Emergency medicine: $136,352
5. Family medicine: $107,942
6. Gastroenterology: $106,656
7. General surgery: $110,321
8. Hospitalist: $111,228
9. Internal medicine: $108,588
10. Oncology: $111,254
11. Orthopedics: $117,195
12. Pain management: $106,982
13. Psychiatry: $102,895
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