This statistic depicts the percentage increase in compensation within a year in 2017-2018 in select medical specialties in the United States. Cardiology saw a three percent increase in salary between this year's and last year's compensation survey.
Compensation increase in select medical specialties in the U.S. in 2017-2018*
This statistic depicts the percentage increase in compensation within a year in 2017-2018 in select medical specialties in the United States. Cardiology saw a three percent increase in salary between this year's and last year's compensation survey.
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| Percent increase in compensation | |
|---|---|
| Psychiatry | 16% |
| Plastic surgery | 14% |
| Physical medicine/rehabilitation | 13% |
| Oncology | 10% |
| Critical care | 9% |
| Rheumatology | 9% |
| Allergy/immunology | 6% |
| Anesthesiology | 6% |
| Nephrology | 5% |
| Ob/Gyn | 5% |
| Pediatrics | 5% |
| Family medicine | 5% |
| Gastroenterology | 4% |
| Emergency medicine | 3% |
| Ophthalmology | 3% |
| Cardiology | 3% |
| Pulmonology | 3% |
| Internal medicine | 2% |
| Dermatology | 2% |
| Orthopedics | 2% |
| Infectious disease | 1% |
| Radiology | 1% |
| Neurology | -2% |
| Pathology | -2% |
| Diabetes/endocrinology | -4% |
| Otolaryngology | -4% |
| Urology | -7% |
| General surgery | -9% |
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