The size of the workforce of physicians of all other specialties is predicted to increase by 3 percent.
Here are the average salaries of the 10 specialties expected to grow the most, along with their projected growth rate:
1. Psychiatrists: $247,350 (6.7 percent)
2. Pathologists: $252,850 (4.6 percent)
3. Family medicine physicians: $224,460 (3.7 percent)
4. Radiologists: $329,080 (3.6 percent)
5. Neurologists: $255,510 (3.2 percent)
6. Cardiologists: $421,330 (3.1 percent)
6. Dermatologists: $327,650 (3.1 percent)
8. Emergency medicine: $316,600 (2.8 percent)
9. Anesthesiologists: $302,970 (2.6 percent)
10. Internal medicine: $225,270 (2.5 percent)
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