Family medicine is the specialty with the most physicians reporting a net worth under $500,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2023."
The report, released June 9, includes responses from 10,011 physicians in more than 29 specialties from Oct. 7, 2022, to Jan. 17, 2023.
The 10 specialties:
- Family medicine: 35 percent
- Rheumatology: 33 percent
- Public health and preventative medicine: 33 percent
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 32 percent
- Neurology: 30 percent
- Nephrology: 30 percent
- Pediatrics: 30 percent
- Internal medicine: 29 percent
- OB-GYN: 27 percent
- Dermatology: 27 percent