In August 2019, LocumTenens.com surveyed 3,580 U.S. physicians and advanced practitioners across 15 medical or surgical specialties, including cardiology.
Here are six takeaways on cardiology from the report:
1. The average cardiologist salary in 2018 was $469,895. This is up about $3,000 from 2017.
2. About 79 percent of cardiologists are male and 25 percent are female. This year, there was a 5 percent uptick in female cardiologists.
3. Most cardiologists, 38 percent, work at a group practice. Following that is 27 percent who work in hospitals and 11 percent who work in a clinic or community center.
4. The majority of cardiologists are born between 1946 and 1964. The second-largest age group was born between 1965 and 1980.
5. About 38 percent of cardiologists plan to make a job change within the next year; 45 percent don’t have plans to change careers at all.
6. On average, full-time cardiologists took about 27 paid vacation days in 2018.
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