Here are six stats to know:
1. Gastroenterology pay hit $453,000 in 2022, compared to $406,000 in 2021, an 11.58 percent jump.
2. Gastroenterology is the physician specialty with the second-highest pay increase from 2021 to 2022, second to otalytarynology, which saw a 12.5 percent rise.
3. Gastroenterologist’s average incentive bonus this year is $74,000.
4. Fifty-three percent of gastroenterologists said they feel fairly compensated.
5. Ninety-five percent of gastroenterologists said they would choose the same specialty again, the third-highest of specialties surveyed.
6. Gastroenterologists said they spend 14.3 hours a week on paperwork and administration.
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