10 physician specialties with the lowest 5-year pay jump 

Critical care had the lowest pay jump from 2018 to 2022, according to Medscape’s 2018 and 2022 physician compensation reports. 

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Here are the 10 specialties that experienced the lowest jump in pay in the last five years:

  1. Critical care — 4.2 percent increase from $354,000 to $369,000
  2. Anesthesiology — 4.9 percent increase from $386,000 to $405,000
  3. Psychiatry — 5.1 percent increase from $273,000 to $287,000
  4. Emergency medicine — 6.5 percent increase from $350,000 to $373,000
  5. Radiology — 8.9 percent increase from $401,000 to $437,000
  6. Allergy and immunology — 9.5 percent increase from $272,000 to $298,000
  7. Pulmonary medicine — 10 percent increase from $321,000 to $353,000
  8. Gastroenterology — 11 percent increase from $408,000 to $453,000
  9. Dermatology — 11.7 percent increase from $392,000 to $438,000
  10. Nephrology —- 11.9 percent increase from $294,000 to $329,000

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