New American Medical Association data shows that between 2014 and 2024, physician-owners drew a growing share of their income from salary and a shrinking share from productivity and practice financial performance.
The AMA’s “Policy Research Perspectives Report” includes 2024 data from the AMA’s Physician Practice Benchmark Survey.
Here is mean physician compensation shares by employment status:
| Method | Owners 2014 | Owners 2024 | Employed 2014 | Employed 2024 |
| Salary | 30.7% | 35.0% | 66.5% | 69.5% |
| Productivity | 41.6% | 40.8% | 25.1% | 21.9% |
| Practice financial performance | 22.5% | 18.2% | 3.5% | 2.5% |
| Bonus | 4.1% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 4.8% |
| Other | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
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