Physician Salary Data
Source: 2006 AMGA PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION SURVEY
| Specialty | All Physicians |
Starting |
Eastern |
Western |
Southern |
Northern |
| Allergy and Immunology | $227,080 |
$180,520 |
$230,500 |
$236,846 |
$182,074 |
$208,000 |
| Anesthesiology | $337,654 |
$279,922 |
$297,088 |
$339,359 |
$311,600 |
$342,610 |
| Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery | $470,000 |
$347,573 |
$449,800 |
$478,997 |
$355,569 |
$539,999 |
| Cardiology | $363,081 |
$268,286 |
$277,503 |
$368,633 |
$397,500 |
$374,494 |
| Colon & Rectal Surgery | $366,687 |
$288,933 |
$325,000 |
$344,940 |
- |
$368,991 |
| Critical Care Medicine | $234,503 |
$209,850 |
$271,587 |
$339,875 |
- |
$243,935 |
| Dermatology | $306,935 |
$238,103 |
$253,125 |
$315,516 |
$330,727 |
$280,979 |
| Diagnostic Radiology - Interventional | $424,992 |
$388,318 |
$366,400 |
$419,083 |
$505,321 |
$424,992 |
| Diagnostic Radiology - Non-Interventional | $400,000 |
$340,000 |
$349,575 |
$404,877 |
$384,960 |
$415,753 |
| Emergency Care | $248,721 |
$213,326 |
$205,313 |
$258,567 |
$215,066 |
$248,412 |
| Endocrinology | $194,243 |
$159,705 |
$172,748 |
$207,519 |
$181,800 |
$206,253 |
| Family Medicine | $178,366 |
$143,359 |
$151,043 |
$189,204 |
$180,014 |
$173,190 |
| Family Medicine - with Obstetrics | $186,451 |
$149,449 |
$156,164 |
$173,950 |
$159,013 |
$197,135 |
| Gastroenterology | $344,200 |
$283,842 |
$289,414 |
$356,771 |
$333,564 |
$329,495 |
| General Surgery | $310,736 |
$241,005 |
$269,635 |
$308,095 |
$303,073 |
$341,400 |
| Geriatrics | $162,541 |
$135,322 |
$159,000 |
$186,759 |
$150,000 |
$163,979 |
| Gynecological Oncology | $356,756 |
$284,540 |
$337,747 |
$378,893 |
- |
$365,000 |
| Gynecology | $224,134 |
$178,391 |
$227,294 |
$221,000 |
$214,323 |
$224,632 |
| Gynecology & Obstetrics | $271,273 |
$220,635 |
$240,968 |
$274,102 |
$266,467 |
$282,679 |
| Hematology & Medical Oncology | $263,284 |
$215,163 |
$235,419 |
$286,699 |
$256,132 |
$261,501 |
| Hospitalist | $189,677 |
$163,917 |
$166,997 |
$198,718 |
$202,355 |
$180,066 |
| Hypertension & Nephrology | $229,992 |
$195,640 |
$187,616 |
$256,648 |
$238,923 |
$219,992 |
| Infectious Disease | $194,750 |
$160,713 |
$166,803 |
$214,665 |
$171,679 |
$196,950 |
| Intensivist | $245,293 |
$224,733 |
- |
$245,254 |
- |
- |
| Internal Medicine | $183,840 |
$149,567 |
$172,070 |
$193,406 |
$181,870 |
$174,572 |
| Neonatology | $246,872 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Neurological Surgery | $476,260 |
$360,110 |
$423,950 |
$562,521 |
$475,274 |
$476,480 |
| Neurology | $211,995 |
$172,264 |
$189,549 |
$232,782 |
$195,685 |
$211,995 |
| Nuclear Medicine (M.D. only) | $300,000 |
$225,975 |
- |
$304,128 |
- |
$300,000 |
| Obstetrics | $251,787 |
$196,797 |
$238,940 |
$260,615 |
$269,028 |
$254,402 |
| Occupational/Environmental Medicine | $202,063 |
$173,197 |
- |
$203,495 |
- |
$201,622 |
| Ophthalmology | $281,112 |
$220,001 |
$234,500 |
$279,981 |
$261,188 |
$312,741 |
| Oral Surgery | $317,634 |
$229,370 |
- |
- |
$308,300 |
$343,497 |
| Orthopedic Surgery | $409,518 |
$331,156 |
$365,266 |
$418,641 |
$364,757 |
$412,003 |
| Orthopedic-Medical | $262,170 |
$145,860 |
- |
- |
$239,733 |
$261,085 |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Joint Replacement | $476,446 |
$407,037 |
- |
$524,306 |
- |
$458,740 |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Hand | $387,626 |
$316,500 |
$375,000 |
$350,002 |
- |
$403,376 |
| Orthopedic Surg.-Pediatrics | $355,758 |
$302,246 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Spine | $554,054 |
$395,524 |
- |
$557,630 |
- |
$582,215 |
| Otolaryngology | $315,000 |
$248,948 |
$271,699 |
$318,330 |
$314,643 |
$324,835 |
| Pathology (M.D. only) | $274,792 |
$212,351 |
$236,192 |
$288,120 |
$249,634 |
$284,315 |
| Pediatric Allergy | $163,338 |
$143,543 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pediatric Cardiology | $231,754 |
$184,941 |
$194,915 |
$277,853 |
$222,132 |
$238,992 |
| Pediatric Endocrinology | $180,153 |
$155,341 |
- |
$200,831 |
- |
$170,758 |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology | $216,000 |
$168,238 |
$197,341 |
$236,859 |
$170,503 |
$238,992 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology | $200,260 |
$165,955 |
- |
$244,909 |
$192,786 |
$190,199 |
| Pediatric Intensive Care | $201,901 |
$158,240 |
$197,991 |
- |
$168,600 |
$202,500 |
| Pediatric Nephrology | $178,181 |
$149,706 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pediatric Neurology | $197,282 |
$174,804 |
- |
$211,281 |
- |
$198,782 |
| Pediatric Pulmonary Disease | $175,440 |
$146,439 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pediatric Surgery | $322,969 |
$249,061 |
- |
- |
$248,577 |
- |
| Pediatrics & Adolescent | $182,186 |
$148,529 |
$174,541 |
$188,766 |
$181,612 |
$170,974 |
| Pediatric Infectious Disease | $179,919 |
$135,419 |
- |
$228,326 |
- |
$169,227 |
| Perinatology | $341,933 |
$298,347 |
- |
$348,280 |
- |
$338,995 |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | $207,004 |
$167,593 |
$188,889 |
$213,624 |
$200,877 |
$207,004 |
| Plastic & Reconstruction | $345,000 |
$274,476 |
$279,505 |
$361,982 |
$344,215 |
$384,255 |
| Psychiatry | $186,786 |
$153,415 |
$161,717 |
$212,760 |
$157,873 |
$181,510 |
| Psychiatry - Child | $214,873 |
$168,927 |
- |
$237,330 |
- |
$168,927 |
| Pulmonary Disease | $238,450 |
$194,500 |
$208,102 |
$246,650 |
$282,162 |
$249,417 |
| Radiation Therapy (M.D. only) | $356,097 |
$274,706 |
$285,586 |
$398,644 |
$319,289 |
$377,510 |
| Reproductive Endocrinology | $316,241 |
$267,210 |
- |
$332,114 |
- |
- |
| Rheumatologic Disease | $204,166 |
$159,066 |
$183,515 |
$216,975 |
$181,367 |
$198,469 |
| Sports Medicine | $245,920 |
$162,786 |
- |
- |
- |
$244,161 |
| Surgical Pathology (M.D. only) | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Surgical Sports Medicine | $417,106 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Transplant Surgery - Kidney | $351,031 |
$240,620 |
- |
- |
- |
$389,496 |
| Transplant Surgery - Liver | $379,409 |
$321,000 |
- |
- |
- |
$389,496 |
| Trauma Surgery | $353,706 |
$268,044 |
$285,179 |
- |
- |
$373,340 |
| Urgent Care | $194,687 |
$155,438 |
$192,210 |
$208,335 |
$204,172 |
$177,227 |
| Urology | $349,811 |
$267,628 |
$283,880 |
$343,506 |
$344,480 |
$367,008 |
| Vascular Surgery | $354,365 |
$282,325 |
$309,872 |
$385,935 |
$380,000 |
$350,000 |