Over the last three years, physician salaries have drastically increased. Using Medscape's Physician Compensation Report from 2018-20, here is how average physician salaries have changed:
Note: Medscape surveyed 20,329 respondents in 2018, 19,328 respondents in 2019 and 17,461 respondents in 2020 to collect compensation data.
Here are the 10 specialties that had the largest percent change over the last three years:
ENT: 18.8 percent
Public health: 16.58 percent
Neurology: 14.75 percent
Physical medicine: 14.5 percent
General surgery: 13.04 percent
Urology: 11.8 percent
Diabetes: 11.32 percent
Pathology: 11.19 percent
Allergy: 10.67 percent
Pediatrics: 9.43 percent
Note: Here are the figures for 29 specialties.