Surgical specialists continue to be among the highest-paid professionals in medicine, but specialists overall earned an average of $344,000 in 2021, down from $346,000 in 2020, the report found.
Five specialties with the biggest salary increases:
1. Plastic surgery: +10 percent to $526,000
2. Oncology: +7 percent to $403,000
3. Rheumatology: +5 percent to $376,000
4. Cardiology: +5 percent to $459,000
5. Diabetes and endocrinology: +4 percent to $245,000
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