Millennial physician pay satisfaction, by specialty

Millennial psychiatrists have the highest satisfaction with their pay of all other specialty physicians, according to a recent Medscape report. 

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The publication released “How Much Green Comes With the White Coat? Medscape Millennial Physician Compensation Report 2024” on Sept. 26. The findings are based on a poll of 7,000 U.S. practicing physicians who participated in an online survey between October 2023 and January 2024.

Here’s a breakdown of the percent of respondents that said they were satisfied with their pay, by specialty. 

Psychiatry: 61%

Anesthesiology: 61%

Dermatology: 60%

Emergency medicine: 60%

General surgery: 50%

Family medicine: 46%

Ophthalmology: 42% 

OB-GYN: 42%

Orthopedics, including orthopedic surgery: 41%

Internal medicine: 40%

Pediatrics: 39%

Rheumatology: 38%

 

Not all specialties in the report are shown in this list.

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