The average resident salary in 2015 is $55,400, according to Medscape's Residents Salary & Debt Report 2015.
Here are 19 statistics on resident salary, broken down by specialty.
1. Critical care: $62,000
2. Oncology: $61,000
3. Pulmonary medicine: $61,000
3. Cardiology: $60,000
4. Gastroenterology: $59,000
5. Plastic surgery: $58,000
6. General or specialized surgery,
7. Radiology: $57,000
8. Endocrinology: $57,000
9. Pathology: $57,000
7. Psychiatry: $56,000
8. OB/GYN: $56,000
9. Dermatology: $56,000
10. Neurology: $56,000
11. Pediatrics: $55,000
12. Emergency medicine: $55,000
13. Anesthesiology: $55,000
14. Orthopedics: $54,000
15. Ophthalmology: $54,000
16. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: $54,000
17. ENT: $54,000
18. Urology: $54,000
19. Internal medicine and family medicine: $53,000