Here is the percentage of physicians paying off school loans compared to annual salary by specialty, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation" and "Wealth & Debt" reports.
|
Specialty |
Annual Compensation |
Percentage paying off loans |
|
Plastic surgery |
$619,000 |
23 percent |
|
Orthopedics |
$573,000 |
15 percent |
|
Cardiology |
$507,000 |
13 percent |
|
Urology |
$506,000 |
24 percent |
|
Gastroenterology |
$501,000 |
11 percent |
|
Otolaryngology |
$485,000 |
22 percent |
|
Radiology |
$483,000 |
18 percent |
|
Oncology |
$463,000 |
16 percent |
|
Anesthesiology |
$448,000 |
19 percent |
|
Dermatology |
$443,000 |
20 percent |
|
Surgery, general |
$412,000 |
23 percent |
|
Critical care |
$406,000 |
29 percent |
|
Ophthalmology |
$388,000 |
18 percent |
|
Pulmonary medicine |
$378,000 |
20 percent |
|
Emergency medicine |
$352,000 |
31 percent |
|
Pathology |
$339,000 |
14 percent |
|
OB-GYN |
$337,000 |
25 percent |
|
Neurology |
$313,000 |
20 percent |
|
Nephrology |
$312,000 |
13 percent |
|
Psychiatry |
$309,000 |
21 percent |
|
Physical medicine and rehabilitation |
$306,000 |
27 percent |
|
Allergy and immunology |
$282,000 |
15 percent |
|
Rheumatology |
$281,000 |
18 percent |
|
Internal medicine |
$273,000 |
19 percent |
|
Diabetes and endocrinology |
$267,000 |
11 percent |
|
Infectious diseases |
$262,000 |
12 percent |
|
Family medicine |
$255,000 |
28 percent |
|
Pediatrics |
$251,000 |
24 percent |
|
Public health and preventive medicine |
$249,000 |
20 percent |