Physicians & fair compensation: 29 specialties ranked

More physicians working in public health and preventive medicine report feeling fairly compensated than physicians in 28 other specialties, according to Medscape’sPhysician Compensation Report 2022,” released April 15. 

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Medscape collected responses from 13,000 physicians in 29 specialties from Oct. 5, 2021, through Jan. 19.

  1. Public health and preventive medicine: 72 percent
  2. Oncology: 67 percent
  3. Plastic surgery: 66 percent
  4. Psychiatry: 65 percent
  5. Dermatology: 64 percent
  6. Radiology: 63 percent
  7. Otolaryngology: 63 percent
  8. Pulmonary medicine: 61 percent
  9. Rheumatology: 60 percent
  10. Pathology: 60 percent
  11. Urology: 59 percent
  12. Cardiology: 57 percent
  13. Critical care: 56 percent 
  14. Allergy and immunology: 56 percent
  15. Family medicine: 55 percent
  16. Ophthalmology: 54 percent
  17. Emergency medicine: 53 percent
  18. Anesthesiology: 53 percent
  19. Gastroenterology: 53 percent 
  20. General surgery: 52 percent
  21. Orthopedics: 52 percent
  22. Infectious diseases: 50 percent
  23. Neurology: 50 percent
  24. OB-GYN: 49 percent
  25. Internal medicine: 49 percent
  26. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 49 percent
  27. Pediatrics: 47 percent
  28. Diabetes: 46 percent 
  29. Nephrology: 42 percent
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