The physician specialties with the happiest marriages

Marriage satisfaction rates are highest among pulmonary medicine physicians, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Physician Lifestyle and Happiness Report.”

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The report surveyed 9,226 physicians across more than 29 specialties.

Here are the physician specialties ranked by marriage happiness, along with the percentage of physicians who ranked their marriages as “very good” or “good”:

  1. Pulmonary medicine: 91%
  2. Otolaryngology: 90%
  3. Diabetes and endocrinology: 90%
  4. Ophthalmology: 89%
  5. Gastroenterology: 87%
  6. Neurology: 86%
  7. Cardiology: 86%
  8. General surgery: 85%
  9. Orthopedics: 85%
  10. Plastic surgery: 84%
  11. Pathology: 84%
  12. Pediatrics: 84%
  13. Nephrology: 84%
  14. Critical care: 83%
  15. Internal medicine: 82%
  16. Family medicine: 82%
  17. Physical medicine and rehabilitation: 81%
  18. Urology: 81%
  19. Anesthesiology: 81%
  20. Emergency medicine: 80%
  21. Obstetrics and gynecology: 80%
  22. Psychiatry: 80%
  23. Radiology: 79%
  24. Oncology: 74%
  25. Dermatology: 70%

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