Here are 20 statistics on guaranteed income or base salary offered to the top 20 recruited physician specialties in the healthcare industry in 2009/10, according to data from Merritt Hawkins' 2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives.
1. Family practice: $175,000
2. Family practice with obstetrics: $200,000
3. Internal medicine: $191,000
4. Psychiatry: $209,000
5. Hospitalist: $208,000
6. Emergency medicine: $247,000
7. Orthopedic surgery: $519,000
8. Pediatrics: $180,000
9. OB/GYN: $272,000
10. Radiology: $417,000
11. General surgery: $314,000
12. Cardiology (non-invasive): $420,000
13. Cardiology (invasive): $495,000
14. Neurology: $281,000
15. Urology: $400,000
16. Gastroenterology: $411,000
17. Anesthesiology: $331,000
18. Pulmonology: $305,000
19. Otolaryngology: $349,000
20. Dermatology: $314,000
Read more about Merritt Hawkins and download the survey on physician recruiting incentives.
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1. Family practice: $175,000
2. Family practice with obstetrics: $200,000
3. Internal medicine: $191,000
4. Psychiatry: $209,000
5. Hospitalist: $208,000
6. Emergency medicine: $247,000
7. Orthopedic surgery: $519,000
8. Pediatrics: $180,000
9. OB/GYN: $272,000
10. Radiology: $417,000
11. General surgery: $314,000
12. Cardiology (non-invasive): $420,000
13. Cardiology (invasive): $495,000
14. Neurology: $281,000
15. Urology: $400,000
16. Gastroenterology: $411,000
17. Anesthesiology: $331,000
18. Pulmonology: $305,000
19. Otolaryngology: $349,000
20. Dermatology: $314,000
Read more about Merritt Hawkins and download the survey on physician recruiting incentives.
Read more on compensation:
-Washington's Jefferson Healthcare CEO Takes Pay Cut as Budget Is Tightened
-5 Factors Affecting Physician On-Call Pay
-Average Medical Transcriptionist Salary: How Does Your Compensation Compare?