Health Media collected more than 12,500 survey responses, including 5,308 with salary information. It based the GI report on 69 GI-specific responses.
Here are 18 insights into the specialty:
Yearly base salary:
Physician/surgeon: $394,661
Physician asssistant: $161,956
Nurse practitioner: $110,795
Top five highest-salaried physician specialties:
Orthopedics: $426,413
Cardiology: $422,414
Urology: $406,714
Radiology: $399,841
Gastroenterology: $394,661
Type of facility practiced in:
Single-specialty group practice: 28.6 percent
Hospital (non-government): 24.4 percent
Multispecialty group practice: 16 percent
Solo private practice: 10.9 percent
College (academic): 8.4 percent
College (clinical): 4.2 percent
Government facility (clinical): 4.2 percent
Government facility (academic): 1.7 percent
Community healthcare center: 0.8 percent
Other: 0.8 percent
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