Rheumatology Salaries Remain Low Save
The annual Medscape Physician Compensation report was published and shows only modest salary gains for most specialists.
The survey included over 7322 physicians from 29 specialties. Rheumatologists made up 1% of the respondents.
Rheumatology ranks in the bottom 6 specialties of the 29 surveyed. The average Rheum salary in the USA was $284,000.
A recent Doximity report shows how rheumatology salaries increase by years in practice. Their salary estimates are based on Doximity acquired data from over 200,000 physicians, along with publicly-available career and salary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census. Rheumatologists tend to earn their highest salaries after gaining 30-39 years of experience.
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All physicians contribute equally to the health of our country. Why the pay disparity? Equalize pay across specialties and you do not have to increase the cost. Moreover you will shore up the specialties in short supply (bottom ten) by boosting there incomes. It is all in the numbers. Rheumatology does not have to do a song and dance. We need higher pay to attract more physicians as does pediatrics, endocrine, infectious disease and all the other specialties in the bottom ten. This is not rocket since it is first grade math.
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