Radiology Business October 23, 2024
Interventional radiologists in academia earn more than their diagnostic counterparts, though the gap is narrowing, according to new research published Monday.
The reported median, 25th and 75th percentile compensation for interventional faculty were consistently higher than diagnostic radiologists, 2017-2023 salary data from the Association of American Medical Colleges show. This trend persisted across all academic ranks except department chairs, where the opposite was observed, experts wrote in the Journal of Interventional and Vascular Radiology [1].
However, between 2020-2023, the difference in compensation narrowed for all ranks, falling from 9% to 5% for assistant professors. By 2023, the IR-DR gap had fallen to $67,000 (15%) for instructors, $24,000 (5%) for assistant professors, $38,000 (7%) for associate professors, $43,000 (8%)...