Journal of Medicine - Below is a 2011 Physician Compensate Survey conducted by Modern Healthcare. The study uses data from 15 national physician search firms and trade associations.

Pediatrics:* $160,111 to $228,750

Family practice:* $175,000 to $220,196

Hospitalist: $175,000 to $229,426

Psychiatry: $182,724 to $235,101

Internal medicine:* $184,200 to $231,691

Neurology: $213,000 to $301,327

Neonatology: $213,900 to $300,000

Intensivist: $215,000 to $345,000

Emergency medicine: $239,000 to $316,296

Radiation oncology: $242,900 to $518,991

Obstetrics/gynecology: $251,500 to $326,924

Pathology: $255,891 to $346,132

Oncology: $272,302 to $419,000

Plastic surgery: $275,000 to $499,656

General surgery: $284,642 to $383,333

Dermatology: $313,100 to $480,088

Gastroenterology: $327,900 to $481,923

Anesthesiology: $331,000 to $423,507

Urology: $331,192 to $443,518

Cardiology: $341,600 to $495,000

Radiology: $377,300 to $478,000

Orthopedic surgery: $397,879 to $600,000

*Considered to be primary care.


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