Insider Monkey's 10 physician specialties with the best lifestyles

Insider Monkey used a variety of sources to compile its list of the 10 Doctor Specialties with the Best Lifestyles.

Insider Monkey used a study published in JAMA to determine work weeks, Medscape's 2018 Physician Compensation and Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Reports and its own 2017 report to determine the 10 specialties.

Here's Insider Monkey's rankings for each specialty along with its annual salary, work week and total score.

1. Dermatology, $392K, 42 hours/week, 48
2. Emergency medicine, $350K, 43 hours/week, 42
3. Radiology, $401K, 48 hours/week, 38
4. Anesthesiology, $386K, 40 hours/week, 34
5. Ophthalmology, $357K, 47 hours/week, 34
6. Psychiatry, $273K, 43/hours/week, 31
7. Endocrinology, $212K, 45 hours/week, 24
8. Rheumatology, $244K, 49 hours/week 20
9. Family medicine, $219K, 48 hours/week, 19
10. Pediatrics, $212K, 43 hours/week, 19

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