Surgical specialty pay jumps 5.5% in 2024

Surgical specialties have seen a 5.5% increase in pay in the last year, according to the American Medical Group Association’s 2024 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey. 

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The survey includes data from 190,000 providers over 190 specialties. 

Here’s a breakdown of pay increases among the top three surgical specialties from 2023 to 2024:

  • General surgery: Up 5.0%, from $470,840 to $494,287
  • OB/GYN – general: Up 3.6%, from $382,393 to $396,30
  • Orthopedic surgery: Up 5.5%, from 685,971 to $723,421

Productivity also increased 3%, with compensation per work relative value units, or wRVU, growth at 0.4%

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