The report was compiled from a survey of 10,011 respondents across more than 29 specialties.
Here are six other things to know about the gender pay gap from the report:
- Male doctors earn roughly 29% more on average than their female counterparts, with the gender gap exceeding the 24% shortfall for all female healthcare workers as set by the WHO.
- Male primary care physicians earn 19% more on average than their female counterparts.
- Male specialists make 27% more on average than female specialists.
- The largest pay gap by age group was among physicians between 45 and 49 years old, with male physicians earning $423,000 and female physicians earning $311,000.
- Male primary care physicians who qualified for an incentive bonus received 27% more than their female counterparts.
- Male specialists who qualified for an incentive bonus received 67% more than female specialists.
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