The report is based on a May survey that received 2,300 responses from physicians and advanced practitioners in all 50 states.
1. General surgeon salary reached $391,583 in 2020, a 6 percent increase from $369,524 in 2019.
2. Sixty-seven percent of surgeons were hospital employed in 2020, and 10 percent worked for a group practice.
3. Fifty-seven percent of surgeons were employed in 2020; 14 percent were independent owners or partners; and 17 percent percent were locum tenens/independently contracted exclusively.
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