Male cardiologists in the United States generally outnumber female cardiologists, and they also make significantly more per year than their female counterparts, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data."
In some instances, female cardiologists make nearly $150,000 less per year than males within the same specialty. Here are the average annual compensation figures for male and female cardiologists in four different specialties:
Cardiology: Electrophysiology
Male: $560,066
Female: $411,893
Cardiology: Invasive
Male: $473,042
Female: $324,212
Cardiology: Invasive-Interventional
Male: $528,680
Female: $474,877
Cardiology: Noninvasive
Male: $438,607
Female: $409,028
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In some instances, female cardiologists make nearly $150,000 less per year than males within the same specialty. Here are the average annual compensation figures for male and female cardiologists in four different specialties:
Cardiology: Electrophysiology
Male: $560,066
Female: $411,893
Cardiology: Invasive
Male: $473,042
Female: $324,212
Cardiology: Invasive-Interventional
Male: $528,680
Female: $474,877
Cardiology: Noninvasive
Male: $438,607
Female: $409,028
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