Nurse practitioners are the most in-demand medical specialists in 2023 and 2024, according to AMN Healthcare's 2024 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives," report.
The 2024 report is based on a sample of 2,138 physicians and advanced practice providers contacted between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024.
The 20 most in-demand medical specialties in 2024:
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Family medicine
3. OB-GYN
4. Internal medicine
5. Gastroenterology
6. Radiology
7. Cardiology
8. Anesthesiology
9. Hospitalist
10. Hematology/oncology
11. Psychiatry
12. Certified registered nurse anesthetist
13. Urology
14. Orthopedics
15. General surgery
16. Neurology
17. Dermatology
18. Otolaryngology
19. Emergency medicine
20. Pediatrics