Physician salary vs. student loans by specialty

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.

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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

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