Physician compensation

Median physician compensation

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Specialty1999200020012002200320042006
Primary care
Family practice$141,493$145,121$146,601$150,267$152,478$156,011$178,859
Internal medicine$145,397$149,104$149,720$155,530$159,978$168,551$191,525
Pediatrics$143,011$141,676$150,222$152,690$158,853$161,188$188,496
Median Primary Care$143,970$147,232$149,009$153,231$156,902$161,816$0
Specialty
Anesthesiology$244,755$280,353$283,655$306,964$323,491$325,999$371,913
Invasive cardiology$340,010$365,894$410,300$385,000$410,272$427,815$453,917
Non-invasive cardiology$278,712$300,073$320,111$307,618$349,416$351,637$398,540
Dermatology$209,077$213,876$215,247$269,238$285,692$308,855$390,274
Emergency medicine$186,663$198,423$210,597$211,709$215,859$221,679$258,088
Gastroenterology$264,500$281,308$312,074$321,023$351,614$368,733$461,254
Oncology$255,167$258,403$274,270$310,371$315,603$350,290$478,988
Neurology$178,197$175,143$180,325$185,666$190,973$211,094$254,558
Obstetrics/Gynecology$219,022$223,207$231,000$233,061$237,191$247,348$296,699
Ophthamology$219,743$236,353$261,012$254,376$300,020$280,253$340,763
Orthopedic surgery$319,315$335,646$362,173$362,181$397,059$396,650$475,781
Otolaryngology$235,945$235,415$256,160$277,585$296,338$296,623$369,154
Psychiatry$151,903$156,486$157,509$163,144$162,572$182,799$204,053
Pulmonology$192,221$195,557$215,700$210,000$229,173$230,688$285,752
Diagnostic radiology$315,048$298,824$332,917$376,035$403,779$406,852$493,035
General surgery$236,572$245,541$257,509$255,438$264,375$282,504$330,215
Urology$268,825$301,772$303,433$294,337$344,038$335,731$399,385
Median Specialty$245,910$256,494$263,254$274,639$296,464$297,000$0
Non-physician
CRNA$92,856$95,586$109,323$110,350$123,166$127,054$0
Nurse practitioner$57,100$57,593$62,111$64,105$67,177$69,858$0
Optometrist$97,133$90,631$89,527$95,987$100,242$107,413$0
Physician assistant surgery$70,502$72,006$71,566$73,335$75,087$79,851$0
Physician assistant primary$60,107$64,815$65,704$69,294$70,550$73,604$0
Psychologist$70,500$67,942$69,331$71,886$70,000$79,308$0
Median non-physician$62,164$63,038$66,156$69,150$72,539$75,068$0