Physicians Thrive, a financial advisory group, compiled data from more than 12 sources, including Doximity, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Merritt Hawkins, for the report.
The report found that among the five specialties with the largest gender pay gaps, men earned an average of $477,484, whereas women made $377,732 — a difference of more than 20 percent.
Here are the five specialties with the largest pay disparities between genders, along with the percent difference in salary earned by women compared with men in the same specialty:
1. Oral/maxillofacial surgery: Women earn 22.8 percent less than men.
2. Allergy and immunology: 21.1 percent less.
3. Otolaryngology: 20.1 percent less.
4. Pediatric nephrology: 20 percent less.
5. Thoracic surgery: 19.5 percent less.
Here are the five specialties with the smallest pay disparities between genders, along with the percent difference in salary earned by women compared with men in the same specialty:
1. Pediatric rheumatology: Women earn 7.8 percent less than men.
2. Pediatric infectious disease: 10.1 percent less.
3. Pediatric hematology/oncology: 11.3 percent less.
4. Hematology: 12.1 percent less.
5. Pediatric cardiology: 12.5 percent less.
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