MedPage Today August 6, 2024
— Report shows strong starting salary growth for 13 of 20 specialties
Orthopedic surgeons have the highest average starting salary among all specialties, starting at $686,000 per year, according to a new report from AMN Healthcare.
Other specialties with the highest average starting salary included gastroenterologists ($531,000), urologists ($496,000), radiologists ($495,000), and dermatologists ($486,000), while pediatricians ($244,000) and family medicine and internal medicine physicians ($271,000 each) had the lowest.
“Current physician payment models favor specialists,” Leah Grant, president of AMN Healthcare Physician Solution, said in a press release. “They perform the high revenue generating procedures on which many hospitals and medical groups depend.”
Average starting salaries increased year-over-year in 13 of the 20 tracked specialties, according to the report. Family...
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