Here is the annual compensation of the 20 highest-paid physician specialties with percentage changes from Medscape’s 2020 “Physician Compensation Report.”
1. Plastic surgery: $526,000 (+10 percent)
2. Orthopedics: $511,000 (0 percent)
3. Cardiology: $459,000 (+5 percent)
4. Urology: $427,000 (+2 percent)
5. Otolaryngology: $417,000 (-9 percent)
6. Radiology: $413,000 (+3 percent)
7. Gastroenterology: $406,000 (-3 percent)
8. Oncology: $403,000 (+7 percent)
9. Dermatology: $394,000 (-4 percent)
10. Ophthalmology: $379,000 (0 percent)
11. Anesthesiology: $378,000 (-5 percent)
12. Surgery, general: $373,000 (+2 percent)
13. Critical care: $366,000 (+3 percent)
14. Emergency medicine: $354,000 (-1 percent)
15. Pulmonary medicine: $333,000 (-3 percent)
16. Pathology: $316,000 (0 percent)
17. OB/Gyn: $312,000 (+1 percent)
18. Nephrology: $311,000 (+1 percent)
19. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: $300,000 (-3 percent)
20. Neurology: $290,000 (+3 percent)
