5 specialties that saw physician pay soar in the past year

Plastic surgery had the biggest growth in physician pay in the past year. 

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Here are the top five specialties whose pay grew the most between 2020 and 2021, according to Medscape’s 2020 and 2021 Physician Compensation Report.

1. Plastic surgery: 9.8 percent growth

2020: $479,000

2021: $526,000

2. Oncology: 6.9 percent growth

2020: $377,000

2021: $403,000

3. Rheumatology: 5.3 percent growth

2020: $262,000

2021: $276,000

4. Cardiology: 4.8 percent growth

2020: $438,000

2021: $459,000

5. Diabetes and endocrinology: 3.67 percent growth

2020: $245,000 

2021: $236,000

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