How physician pay changed in the last 5 years 

Here are 29 physician specialties pay jumps in the last five years, according to Medscape's 2018 and 2022 physician compensation reports:

1. General surgery — 24.8 percent increase from $322,000 to $402,000
2. Neurology — 23.4 percent increase from $244,000 to $301,000
3. ENT — 22.5 percent increase from $383,000 to $469,000
4. Urology — 22 percent increase from $373,000 to $461,000
5. Public health and preventive medicine — 22 percent increase from $199,000 to $243,000
6. Diabetes and endocrinology — 21.2 percent increase from $212,000 to $257,000
7. Physician medicine and rehabilitation — 19.7 percent increase from $269,000 to $322,000
8. Ophthalmology — 16.8 percent increase from $357,000 to $417,000
9. Pathology — 16.8 percent increase from $286,000 to $334,000
10. Family medicine — 16.4 percent increase from $219,000 to $255,000
11. Cardiology — 15.8 percent increase from $423,000 to $490,000
12. Pediatrics — $15.1 percent increase from $212,000 to $244,000
13. Plastic surgery — 15 percent increase from $501,000 to $576,000
14. Internal medicine — 14.8 percent increase from $230,000 to $264,000
15. Oncology — 13.22 percent increase from $363,000 to $411,000
16. Infectious disease — 12.6 percent increase from $231,000 to $260,000
17. Rheumatology — 12.5 percent increase from $257,000 to $289,000
18. Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery — 12 percent increase from $497,000 to $557,000
19. OB-GYN — 12 percent increase from $300,000 to $336,000
20. Nephrology — 11.9 percent increase from $294,000 to $329,000
21. Dermatology — 11.7 percent increase from $392,000 to $438,000
22. Gastroenterology — 11 percent increase from $408,000 to $453,000
23. Pulmonary medicine — 10 percent increase from $321,000 to $353,000
24. Allergy and immunology — 9.5 percent increase from $272,000 to $298,000
25. Radiology — 8.9 percent increase from $401,000 to $437,000
26. Emergency medicine — 6.5 percent increase from $350,000 to $373,000
27. Psychiatry — 5.1 percent increase from $273,000 to $287,000
28. Anesthesiology — 4.9 percent increase from $386,000 to $405,000
29. Critical care — 4.2 percent increase from $354,000 to $369,000