Orthopedics and plastic surgery have been the top-earning physician specialties for the last five years, according to Medscape's annual physician compensation reports.
Here are the 10 top-paying physician specialties over the past five years, followed by their average annual salaries:
Plastic surgery: $576,000
Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery: $557,000
Cardiology: $490,000
Otolaryngology: $469,000
Urology: $461,000
Gastroenterology: $453,000
Dermatology: $438,000
Radiology: $437,000
Ophthalmology: $417,000
Oncology: $411,000
Plastic surgery: $526,000
Orthopedics and orthopedic surgery: $511,000
Cardiology: $459,000
Urology: $427,000
Otolaryngology: $417,000
Radiology: $413,000
Gastroenterology: $406,000
Oncology: $403,000
Dermatology: $394,000
Ophthalmology: $379,000
Orthopedics: $511,000
Plastic surgery: $479,000
Otolaryngology: $455,000
Cardiology: $438,000
Radiology: $427,000
Gastroenterology: $419,000
Urology: $417,000
Dermatology: $411,000
Anesthesiology: $398,000
Ophthalmology: $378,000
Orthopedics: $482,000
Plastic surgery: $471,000
Otolaryngology: $461,000
Cardiology: $430,000
Dermatology: $419,000
Radiology: $419,000
Gastroenterology: $417,000
Urology: $408,000
Anesthesiology: $392,000
Ophthalmology: $366,000
Plastic surgery: $501,000
Orthopedics: $497,000
Cardiology: $423,000
Gastroenterology: $408,000
Radiology: $401,000
Dermatology: $392,000
Anesthesiology: $386,000
Otolaryngology: $383,000
Urology: $373,000
Oncology: $363,000