10 specialties with the most physicians worth less than $500,000

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:

1. Family medicine: 35 percent
2. Rheumatology: 33 percent
3. Public health and preventative medicine: 33 percent
4. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 32 percent
5. Neurology: 30 percent
6. Nephrology: 30 percent
7. Pediatrics: 30 percent
8. Internal medicine: 29 percent
9. OB-GYN: 27 percent
10. Dermatology: 27 percent