The table below details the average range of salaries for physicians of selected specialties as of July 2010. Also given in the average number of hours worked per week for full time physicians (numbers are from 2003).
Specialty | Median salary (USD)[5] | Average hours
work/week[6] | Average salary/hour (USD)[7] |
---|---|---|---|
Anesthesiology | 331,000 to $423,507 | 61 | |
Dermatology | 313,100 to $480,088 | 45.5 | 103 |
Emergency medicine | 239,000 to $316,296 | 46 | 87 |
Cardiac Surgery | 218,684 to $500,000 | 55 | |
Family practice | 175,000 to $220,196 | 52.5 | 58 |
Internal medicine | 184,200 to $231,691 | 57 | 58 |
Neurology | 213,000 to $301,327 | 55.5 | 93 |
Obstetrics and Gynecology | 251,500 to $326,924 | 61 | 83 |
Ophthalmology | 150,000 to $351,000 | 47 | |
Orthopedic surgery | 397,879 to $600,000 | 58 | |
Otolaryngology | 191,000 to $393,000 | 53.5 | |
Pathology | 239,000 to $331,842 | 45.5 | |
Pediatrics | 160,111 to $228,750 | 54 | 69 |
Psychiatry | 173,800 to $248,198 | 48 | 72 |
Radiology (diagnostic) | 377,300 to $478,000 | 58 | |
Surgery (general) | 284,642 to $383,333 | 60 | |
Urology | 331,192 to $443,518 | 60.5 | |
Neurological surgery | 350,000 to $705,000 | 132 | |
Plastic surgery | 265,000 to $500,000 | 114 | |
Gastroenterology | 251,026 to $396,450 | 93 | |
Pulmonology | 165,000 to $365,875 | 72 |