Year over year, median total cash compensation for physician assistants and nurse practitioners climbed by 4.5 percent, according to a survey released Dec. 7 by consulting firm SullivanCotter.
The "2022 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey" examines advanced practice provider median total cash compensation, which includes base pay plus performance incentives. It is based on data for nearly 700 organizations, including hospitals, health systems, medical groups and academic medical centers, representing more than 100,000 individual advanced practice providers. The 2022 data reflects total cash compensation from Jan. 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2021.
Here are the specialties for physician assistants with the highest median total cash compensation, according to survey data shared with Becker's:
Cardiothoracic surgery: $142,374
Emergency medicine: $141,050
Urgent care: $134,763
Dermatology: $134,163
Orthopedic surgery — general: $132,421
Vascular surgery: $129,117
Neurological surgery: $127,406
Cardiology — general: $127,317
General surgery: $127,067
Urology: $126,544
Family medicine: $125,387
Oncology — hematology and oncology: $124,563
Internal medicine: $124,000
Hospitalist — internal medicine: $122,789
Pulmonology — general: $122,663
Gastroenterology: $121,493
Pediatrics — general: $121,410
Otolaryngology — general: $118,034
Obstetrics/gynecology — general: $117,832
Neurology: $117,115