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