Across practice settings, hospitals typically pay specialists the most, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2017 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Incentives.
Here are 23 statistics on average salary for the top five most-recruited specialties by practice setting.
Family medicine
Academics: $204,000
Community health center: $213,000
Group: $222,000
Hospital: $232,000
Solo: $245,000
Internal medicine
Academics: $225,000
Community health center: $224,000
Group: $225,000
Hospital: $257,000
Solo: $243,000
Nurse practitioner
Academics: $106,000
Community health center: $119,000
Group: $109,000
Hospital: $125,000
Solo: N/A
OB/GYN
Academics: $371,000
Community health center: $322,000
Group: $329,000
Hospital: $363,000
Solo: $288,000
Psychiatry
Academics: $230,000
Community health center: $240,000
Group: $264,000
Hospital: $280,000
Solo: N/A