HealthLeaders Media March 23, 2023
The physician gender pay gap eased from 28% in 2021 to 26% in 2022.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Emergency medicine led all specialties in compensation growth (6.2%) followed by pediatric infectious disease (4.9%) and pediatric rheumatology (4.2%).
Charlotte, North Carolina ($430,890), St. Louis, Missouri ($426,370), and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ($425,096) were the metropolitan areas with the highest average compensation.
Most physicians have either accepted lower compensation for more autonomy or better work-life balance (35%) or would consider lower compensation for more autonomy or better work-life balance (36%).
After increasing 3.8% in 2021, the average pay for doctors last year decreased 2.4%, according to Doximity survey data released today.
More than 80% of doctors are members of Doximity,...
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