10 most in-demand physician specialties

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Internal medicine is the most in-demand physician specialty, according to Doximity’s “Physician Compensation Report 2025.”

Doximity examined data from about 230,000 survey responses over the past six years, including responses from 37,000 U.S. physicians in 2024.

  1. Internal medicine
  2. Family medicine
  3. Psychiatry
  4. Pediatrics
  5. OB-GYN
  6. Emergency medicine
  7. Neurology
  8. General surgery
  9. Anesthesiology
  10. Radiology

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