Here are the five highest-paying physician specialties over the last five years:
- Orthopedic surgeons: $558,000
- Plastic surgeons: $536,000
- Cardiologists: $525,000
- Urologists: $515,000
- Gastroenterologists: $512,000
2023:
- Plastic surgery: $619,000
- Orthopedics: $573,000
- Cardiology: $507,000
- Urology: $506,000
- Gastroenterology: $501,000
- Plastic surgery: $576,000
- Orthopedics: $557,000
- Cardiology: $490,000
- ENT: $469,000
- Urology: $461,000
2021:
- Plastic surgery: $526,000
- Orthopedics: $511,000
- Cardiology: $459,000
- Urology: $427,000
- ENT: $417,000
2020:
- Orthopedics: $511,000
- Plastic surgery: $479,000
- ENT: $455,000
- Cardiology: $438,000
- Radiology: $427,000
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