15 statistics on young physician compensation by specialty — urology leads with $356k

Medscape released data on earnings for physicians under 40 years old by specialty.

Here are the average earnings for young physicians based on the Medscape Young Physician Compensation Report 2017:

1. Urology: $356,000
2. Orthopedics: $354,000
3. Emergency medicine: $312,000
4. Cardiology: $312,000
5. Plastic surgery: $311,000
6. Gastroenterology: $306,000
7. Anesthesiology: $306,000
8. Dermatology: $300,000
9. Radiology: $277,000
10. Critical care: $277,000
11. General surgery: $270,000
12. Oncology: $256,000
13. Pulmonary medicine: $254,000
14. Ophthalmology: $253,000
15. OB/GYN: $234,000

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