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
