The top-paid physician specialties, ranked

Orthopedics is the highest-paying physician specialty, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2024.”

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The report included 7,000 respondents across 29 physician specialities.

Here are 29 physician specialities ranked by highest to lowest pay:

Orthopedics: $558,000

Plastic surgery :$536,000

Cardiology: $525,000

Urology: $515,000

Gastroenterology: $512,000

Radiology: $498,000

Dermatology: $479,000

Anesthesiology: $472,000

Oncology: $494,000

Otolaryngology: $459,000

General surgery: $423,000

Ophthalmology: $409,000

Critical care: $401,000

Pulmonary medicine: $397,000

Emergency medicine: $379,000

Pathology: $366,000

Obstetricians and gynecologists: $352,000

Neurology: $343,000

Nephrology: $341,000

Physical medicine and rehabilitation: $341,000

Psychiatry: $323,000

Allergy and immunology: $307,000

Rheumatology: $286,000

Internal medicine: $282,000

Family medicine: $272,000

Public health and preventive medicine: $263,000

Infectious diseases: $261,000

Pediatrics: $260,000 

Diabetes and endocrinology: $256,000 

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