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 examines data from 37,000 physicians surveyed last year. The average physician reported a 3.7% increase in pay, beneath the nearly 6% increase reported last year. Rheumatology salaries rank 19th lowest at $324,954 (lowest was Pediatric endocrinology $230,426 and the highest was Neurology at $749,140).
Another recent study of MD and NP/PA salaries by AMN Healthcare, shows there is a high demand for specialist physicians, with rheumatology the 7th Most In-Demand Physicians by job openings The 2024/205 salaries for rheumatologists ranged from a low of $214K/Yr, a high of $450K/yr and a median pay of $341,000. This report has extensive reports on salary by region, types of contracts, relocation and signing bonuses, CME allowances, other pay benefits (insurance, malpractice, etc), loan forgiveness programs, and alot about hiring advanced practice providers (NP/PA's). In 2024, the average starting salary for NPs is $180,000, up from $164,000 last year, a 9.6% increase.
Below are the Medscape rankings of physician salaries:
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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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