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Physician compensation by specialty

Total compensation for 40 specialties, pulled straight from the Doximity 2025 and Medscape 2026 reports. We only average the two where they measure the same thing — everywhere else you see each source, or an honest gap. Nothing is interpolated or filled in.

40 of 40 specialties

Specialty	Doximity 2025 ↓	Medscape 2026	Midpoint	Source
Neurosurgery	$749,140	—	—	1 source
Thoracic Surgery	$689,969	—	—	1 source
Orthopedic Surgery	$679,517	$611,000	$645,258	Both
Plastic Surgery	$621,445	$554,000⚠ 2024 data	$587,722	Both
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	$616,748	—	—	1 source
Radiation Oncology	$588,678	—	—	1 source
Cardiology	$587,360	$575,000	$581,180	Both
Vascular Surgery	$576,452	—	—	1 source
Interventional Radiology	$572,617	—	—	1 source
Radiology	$571,749	$571,000	$571,374	Both
Urology	$559,474	$535,000	$547,237	Both
Gastroenterology	$537,870	$530,000	$533,935	Both
Otolaryngology (ENT)	$523,369	$508,000⚠ 2024 data	$515,684	Both
Anesthesiology	$523,277	$543,000	$533,138	Both
Dermatology	$508,401	$448,000	$478,200	Both
Oncology Medscape combines Oncology+Hematology at $464K; construct mismatch	$502,465	—	⚠ Not shown	Doximity only
Colon & Rectal Surgery	$487,085	—	—	1 source
General Surgery	$482,574	$442,000	$462,287	Both
Ophthalmology	$477,232	$446,000	$461,616	Both
Pulmonology	$425,700	$395,000⚠ 2024 data	$410,350	Both
Hematology Medscape combines with Oncology; not like-for-like	$421,482	—	—	1 source
Emergency Medicine	$411,133	$421,000	$416,066	Both
OB-GYN	$389,566	$390,000	$389,783	Both
Physical Medicine & Rehab	$374,886	$359,000	$366,943	Both
Pathology	$373,384	$394,000	$383,692	Both
Nephrology	$367,425	$359,000⚠ 2024 data	$363,212	Both
Neurology	$360,519	$341,000	$350,760	Both
Neonatology / Perinatology	$354,841	—	—	1 source
Psychiatry	$341,977	$331,000	$336,488	Both
Occupational Medicine	$326,993	—	—	1 source
Internal Medicine	$326,116	$307,000	$316,558	Both
Rheumatology	$324,954	$284,000⚠ 2024 data	$304,477	Both
Infectious Disease	$320,730	$282,000⚠ 2024 data	$301,365	Both
Family Medicine	$318,959	$288,000	$303,480	Both
Preventive Medicine	$310,177	$277,000⚠ 2024 data	$293,588	Both
Allergy & Immunology	$308,846	$310,000⚠ 2024 data	$309,423	Both
Geriatrics	$291,968	—	—	1 source
Endocrinology / Diabetes	$290,606	$284,000	$287,303	Both
Pediatrics	$265,230	$266,000	$265,615	Both
Critical Care	—	$427,000⚠ 2024 data	—	1 source

Source: Compiled from Doximity (2025) and Medscape (2026); cross-referenced against BLS and AAMC.

› Methodology

Doximity figures reflect 2024 earned income (surveyed 2025, n≈37,000 physicians, self-reported). Medscape figures reflect 2025 earned income (surveyed Sept–Dec 2025, n=5,916 physicians, self-reported). Midpoint shown only where both sources cover the same specialty construct. Rows marked ⚠ Stale use Medscape data re-published from its 2024 survey with no fresh 2025 collection. Suppress flag indicates construct mismatch or insufficient cross-source confirmation.

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