Overall compensation
Of the top five specialties, orthopedic surgeons made the most followed by anesthesia pain management physicians who made more than $35,000 less. Non-anesthesia pain management physicians made less than all of the other top five specialties by about $5,000.
Pain management (anesthesia): $502,024
Pain management (non-anesthesia): $371,481
GI/Endoscopy: $496,874
Ophthalmology: $376,943
Orthopedics (general): $539,354
ENT: $411,689
Single-specialty
When looking at compensation in single-specialty practices, non-anesthesia pain management physicians made more than $50,000 more than the lowest-compensated physicians: otorhinolaryngologists (ENT). Anesthesia pain management physicians made the most by just over $4,000 above gastroenterologists/endoscopists.
Pain management (anesthesia): $478,517
Pain management (non-anesthesia): $394,956
GI/Endoscopy: $474,495
Ophthalmology: $417,744
Orthopedics (general): $470,189
ENT: $342,851
Multi-specialty
When looking at multi-specialty practices, anesthesia pain management physicians still earn the most by more than $25,000 — a larger margin than in single-specialty practices. However, non-anesthesia pain management physicians earn the least in multi-specialty practices, earning more than $5,000 less than ophthalmologists and more than $81,000 less than their single-specialty counterparts.
Pain management (anesthesia): $532,814
Pain management (non-anesthesia): $313,674
GI/Endoscopy: $455,394
Ophthalmology: $321,951
Orthopedics (general): $505,366
ENT: $378,492
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