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Opinion of U.S. physicians about being fairly compensated as of 2018, by specialty*

U.S. physicians' opinion about their compensation by specialty 2018

This statistic depicts U.S. physicians' opinion about their compensation as of 2018, by specialty. In that year, 61 percent of all U.S. family medicine physicians stated that they feel fairly compensated.

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	Percentage of physicians
Emergency medicine	74%
Pulmonology	70%
Dermatology	70%
Public health/preventive medicine	69%
Psychiatry	68%
Pathology	67%
Oncology	66%
Radiology	65%
Cardiology	65%
Anesthesiology	65%
Infectious disease	65%
Rheumatology	63%
Otolaryngology	62%
Family medicine	61%
Neurology	60%
Nephrology	59%
Obstetricians/gynecologists	58%
Gastroenterology	57%
Critical care	56%
Ophthalmology	54%
General surgery	54%
Pediatrics	53%
Orthopedics	51%
Internal medicine	51%
Urology	51%
Plastic surgery	50%
Allergy /immunology	47%
Diabetes/endocrinology	47%
Physical medicine/rehabilitation	46%

	Percentage of physicians
Emergency medicine	74%
Pulmonology	70%
Dermatology	70%
Public health/preventive medicine	69%
Psychiatry	68%
Pathology	67%
Oncology	66%
Radiology	65%
Cardiology	65%
Anesthesiology	65%
Infectious disease	65%
Rheumatology	63%
Otolaryngology	62%
Family medicine	61%
Neurology	60%
Nephrology	59%
Obstetricians/gynecologists	58%
Gastroenterology	57%
Critical care	56%
Ophthalmology	54%
General surgery	54%
Pediatrics	53%
Orthopedics	51%
Internal medicine	51%
Urology	51%
Plastic surgery	50%
Allergy /immunology	47%
Diabetes/endocrinology	47%
Physical medicine/rehabilitation	46%

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This statistic depicts U.S. physicians' opinion about their compensation as of 2018, by specialty. In that year, 61 percent of all U.S. family medicine physicians stated that they feel fairly compensated.

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Release date: April 2018

Region: United States
Survey time period: November 21, 2017 to February 21, 2018
Number of respondents: 20,329 physicians from 29 specialty areas
Method of interview: Online survey
Supplementary notes: * Original question: "Do you feel fairly compensated?" (Answer: Yes.)

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