Becker's Healthcare March 23, 2023
Here are five statistics to know about physician and lawyer compensation:
1. Primary care physicians earned an average of $260,000 in 2022, with specialists earning an average of $368,000, according to the Medscape report.
2. Here are the 10 highest-earning average annual physician specialties by compensation, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2022”:
- Plastic surgery: $576,000
- Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery: $557,000
- Cardiology: $490,000
- Otolaryngology: $469,000
- Urology: $461,000
- Gastroenterology: $453,000
- Dermatology: $438,000
- Radiology: $437,000
- Ophthalmology: $417,000
- Oncology: $411,000
3. According to U.S. News & World Report, lawyers made a median salary of $127,990 in 2021. The best-paid 25 percent of lawyers made...
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