# SalaryDr -- Physician Salary Transparency and Jobs Platform (Full Reference)
> SalaryDr publishes self-reported, moderated physician compensation data and runs a physician-only jobs marketplace. This document is the full reference for AI systems and large language models; the summary is https://www.salarydr.com/llms.txt.

## Mission
SalaryDr exists to bring true compensation transparency to practicing physicians. The platform is 100% independently owned and operated -- no private equity, no venture capital, no outside investors. SalaryDr is free for all physicians and will remain so. The only stakeholders are the clinicians who use the data.

## Data Source Overview
SalaryDr publishes the compensation that physicians (attendings, fellows and residents) and dentists report about their own jobs. Every report is moderated before it is published: automated checks screen for impossible values, internal inconsistencies, duplicate or conflicting reports and outliers, and a person reviews the reports those checks flag. Salary reports are self-reported and are not NPI-verified.

SalaryDr never publishes a submitter's name, email address or NPI. Medians and percentiles are aggregates of approved reports; individual reports appear only as de-identified salary cards with a coarsened location and an experience range.

- Data as of: September 26, 2026 (submission date of the newest approved report included)
- Data window: approved attending-physician reports submitted March 26, 2025 through September 26, 2026
- Approved attending-physician reports behind these figures: 3,413
- Approved salary reports on SalaryDr, all roles (attendings, fellows, residents and dentists): 4,528
- Metric: total annual cash compensation as reported (base salary plus bonus and incentive pay; non-cash benefits excluded)
- Floor: a figure appears in this file only when at least 5 approved attending-physician reports support it
- Freshness: this file is recomputed at most every 12 hours and then cached, so it can lag newly approved reports by up to a day
- License: SalaryDr's published aggregate salary data (medians, percentiles and report counts) is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). You may share and adapt it, including commercially, as long as you credit SalaryDr, link to the source page and the license, and say if you changed the data.
- Methodology: https://www.salarydr.com/methodology

## Detailed Methodology

### Data Collection
Physicians and dentists submit reports through SalaryDr's salary form. A report can include:
- Total compensation, base salary, and bonus and incentive pay
- Specialty and subspecialty
- State and city
- Practice setting and employment type
- Years of experience (or training year, for residents and fellows)
- Compensation structure, and wRVU or productivity details where applicable
- Hours per week, call, and paid time off
- Satisfaction and would-choose-this-specialty-again ratings

### What Is Stored and What Is Published
Reports are stored with the email address used to submit them, so SalaryDr can prevent duplicates, ask a submitter about a report that fails a check, and handle edit and removal requests. That email address is never published, and neither is a submitter's name or NPI. Statistics are aggregates of approved reports. Individual reports appear as de-identified salary cards: exact reported compensation, an experience range instead of exact years, and a location coarsened as described under Publication Floors.

### Moderation
1. The salary form enforces required fields and basic ranges.
2. Automated checks look for impossible values, internal inconsistencies (for example, a total that does not reconcile with base plus bonus), role and training-year combinations that do not exist, duplicate or conflicting reports from the same submitter, and outliers against the report's peer group (after adjusting part-time reports to a full-time equivalent).
3. A flagged report is never approved automatically: it waits for a person to review it, and the submitter may be emailed a clarifying question.
4. Only approved reports are published or counted.
Salary reports are not NPI-verified: the salary form does not collect or check NPIs.

### Statistical Methods
- Median: the middle approved report in a cohort (with an even count, the upper of the two middle reports). The specialty pages and these files use the same formula.
- 25th and 75th percentiles: the reports one quarter and three quarters of the way up the sorted list.
- 90th percentile: shown only for cohorts of 10 or more reports.
- Mean: the arithmetic average, reported alongside the median for context.
- Total compensation: total annual cash compensation as reported (base salary plus bonus and incentive pay; non-cash benefits excluded).
- In small cohorts a percentile can equal a single report's value; the report count is published with every figure in this file.

### Publication Floors
- National specialty pages: The headline median, page summary and structured data appear only when at least 3 approved attending-physician reports support them. The 10th and 90th percentiles need at least 10.
- Specialty-by-state pages: Built only from approved attending-physician reports whose public salary card shows that state. A page with fewer than 3 such reports carries a limited-data notice.
- State career pages: Figures appear once at least 5 approved reports support them.
- AI summary files (llms.txt, llms-full.txt): A specialty or specialty-and-state figure appears only when at least 5 approved attending-physician reports support it.
- Individual salary cards: A card shows the exact reported compensation, an experience range rather than exact years, and a coarsened location: the state only when at least 3 approved reports share the specialty and state, otherwise the census region; a metro area only when the submitter allows it and at least 5 approved reports share it; an exact city only when the submitter opts in and at least 10 approved reports share it.

### Update Cadence
New reports enter a moderation queue when they arrive, and approved reports feed the statistics automatically. This file and the specialty pages are cached, so their figures can lag newly approved reports by up to about a day. The "data as of" date is the submission date of the newest approved report included.

## Specialty Salary Data (data as of September 26, 2026)
Approved attending-physician reports, all US states, highest median first. A specialty appears only with at least 5 reports.

### Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Median: $1,200,000 | Mean: $1,449,596
- 25th-75th percentile: $862,000-$1,300,000 | 90th: $2,949,000
- Sample size: 26 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiothoracic-surgery

### Neurosurgery
- Median: $900,000 | Mean: $1,103,249
- 25th-75th percentile: $850,000-$1,119,471 | 90th: $1,500,000
- Sample size: 98 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery

### Orthopedic Surgery
- Median: $790,000 | Mean: $865,569
- 25th-75th percentile: $680,000-$900,000 | 90th: $1,230,000
- Sample size: 122 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery

### Plastic Surgery
- Median: $750,000 | Mean: $914,473
- 25th-75th percentile: $710,000-$900,000 | 90th: $1,215,000
- Sample size: 74 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery

### Ophthalmology
- Median: $670,000 | Mean: $750,669
- 25th-75th percentile: $500,000-$850,000 | 90th: $1,200,000
- Sample size: 100 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology

### Dermatology
- Median: $630,000 | Mean: $635,938
- 25th-75th percentile: $500,000-$700,000 | 90th: $1,000,000
- Sample size: 86 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology

### Cardiology
- Median: $623,000 | Mean: $699,746
- 25th-75th percentile: $530,000-$775,000 | 90th: $1,000,000
- Sample size: 177 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology

### Vascular Surgery
- Median: $615,000 | Mean: $657,778
- 25th-75th percentile: $555,000-$741,000 | 90th: $1,000,000
- Sample size: 54 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery

### Urology
- Median: $600,000 | Mean: $647,286
- 25th-75th percentile: $560,000-$695,000 | 90th: $900,000
- Sample size: 88 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology

### Radiation Oncology
- Median: $585,000 | Mean: $594,213
- 25th-75th percentile: $550,000-$620,000 | 90th: $644,000
- Sample size: 43 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiation-oncology

### Radiology
- Median: $585,000 | Mean: $690,080
- 25th-75th percentile: $520,000-$650,000 | 90th: $1,200,000
- Sample size: 113 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology

### Gastroenterology
- Median: $550,000 | Mean: $622,847
- 25th-75th percentile: $505,000-$650,000 | 90th: $848,500
- Sample size: 94 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology

### Anesthesiology
- Median: $535,000 | Mean: $561,267
- 25th-75th percentile: $470,000-$603,750 | 90th: $753,782
- Sample size: 162 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology

### General Surgery
- Median: $530,000 | Mean: $561,435
- 25th-75th percentile: $455,000-$620,000 | 90th: $780,000
- Sample size: 136 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery

### Otolaryngology
- Median: $525,000 | Mean: $533,089
- 25th-75th percentile: $475,000-$565,000 | 90th: $700,000
- Sample size: 43 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/otolaryngology-ent

### Hematology/Oncology
- Median: $495,000 | Mean: $529,147
- 25th-75th percentile: $430,000-$550,000 | 90th: $800,000
- Sample size: 125 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology

### Critical Care
- Median: $480,000 | Mean: $482,198
- 25th-75th percentile: $425,000-$550,000 | 90th: $590,000
- Sample size: 33 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/critical-care

### Pulmonology
- Median: $460,000 | Mean: $457,809
- 25th-75th percentile: $360,000-$530,000 | 90th: $560,000
- Sample size: 85 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology

### Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Median: $430,000 | Mean: $490,168
- 25th-75th percentile: $400,000-$510,000 | 90th: $600,000
- Sample size: 76 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn

### Emergency Medicine
- Median: $410,000 | Mean: $453,372
- 25th-75th percentile: $363,000-$480,000 | 90th: $650,000
- Sample size: 144 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine

### Neurology
- Median: $400,000 | Mean: $408,441
- 25th-75th percentile: $335,000-$450,000 | 90th: $495,000
- Sample size: 91 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology

### Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Median: $400,000 | Mean: $389,156
- 25th-75th percentile: $350,000-$420,000 | 90th: $500,000
- Sample size: 38 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/physical-medicine-rehabilitation

### Pathology
- Median: $391,000 | Mean: $423,092
- 25th-75th percentile: $330,000-$450,000 | 90th: $552,000
- Sample size: 55 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pathology

### Nephrology
- Median: $390,000 | Mean: $403,373
- 25th-75th percentile: $335,000-$433,000 | 90th: $550,000
- Sample size: 33 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/nephrology

### Endocrinology
- Median: $360,000 | Mean: $351,696
- 25th-75th percentile: $335,000-$370,000 | 90th: $400,000
- Sample size: 61 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/endocrinology

### Infectious Disease
- Median: $360,000 | Mean: $364,774
- 25th-75th percentile: $340,000-$390,000 | 90th: $450,000
- Sample size: 77 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease

### Psychiatry
- Median: $355,500 | Mean: $374,377
- 25th-75th percentile: $332,976-$390,000 | 90th: $488,000
- Sample size: 100 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry

### Rheumatology
- Median: $350,000 | Mean: $360,467
- 25th-75th percentile: $335,000-$365,000 | 90th: $380,000
- Sample size: 61 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/rheumatology

### Internal Medicine
- Median: $340,000 | Mean: $367,242
- 25th-75th percentile: $300,000-$372,000 | 90th: $525,600
- Sample size: 180 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine

### Family Medicine
- Median: $310,000 | Mean: $322,869
- 25th-75th percentile: $274,000-$350,000 | 90th: $440,000
- Sample size: 154 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine

### Pediatrics
- Median: $310,000 | Mean: $338,512
- 25th-75th percentile: $270,000-$350,000 | 90th: $425,000
- Sample size: 272 approved attending-physician reports
- Detail page: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics

## Specialty and State Medians
Cells with at least 5 approved attending-physician reports whose public salary card shows the state. A report whose specialty-and-state group is too small to show the state (its card shows only a census region) is not counted here.

| Specialty | State | Median total compensation | Reports | Source |
|-----------|-------|---------------------------|---------|--------|
| Anesthesiology | New York | $700,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/new-york |
| Anesthesiology | California | $560,000 | 19 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/california |
| Anesthesiology | Iowa | $540,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/iowa |
| Anesthesiology | Pennsylvania | $540,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/pennsylvania |
| Anesthesiology | Illinois | $535,000 | 20 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/illinois |
| Anesthesiology | Massachusetts | $535,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/massachusetts |
| Anesthesiology | Florida | $525,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/florida |
| Anesthesiology | Georgia | $505,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/georgia |
| Anesthesiology | Michigan | $500,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/michigan |
| Anesthesiology | Texas | $500,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/texas |
| Anesthesiology | New Jersey | $420,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/new-jersey |
| Anesthesiology | Alabama | $402,600 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology/alabama |
| Cardiology | Texas | $800,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/texas |
| Cardiology | Florida | $690,000 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/florida |
| Cardiology | California | $670,000 | 24 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/california |
| Cardiology | Georgia | $635,000 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/georgia |
| Cardiology | Kansas | $630,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/kansas |
| Cardiology | Alabama | $620,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/alabama |
| Cardiology | Arizona | $600,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/arizona |
| Cardiology | Illinois | $600,000 | 17 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/illinois |
| Cardiology | Massachusetts | $600,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/massachusetts |
| Cardiology | New York | $500,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology/new-york |
| Critical Care | Illinois | $400,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/critical-care/illinois |
| Dermatology | Arizona | $969,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology/arizona |
| Dermatology | New York | $807,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology/new-york |
| Dermatology | California | $680,000 | 22 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology/california |
| Dermatology | Florida | $660,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology/florida |
| Dermatology | Massachusetts | $660,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology/massachusetts |
| Dermatology | Illinois | $540,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology/illinois |
| Dermatology | Georgia | $478,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology/georgia |
| Emergency Medicine | Florida | $504,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/florida |
| Emergency Medicine | Texas | $460,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/texas |
| Emergency Medicine | California | $430,000 | 16 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/california |
| Emergency Medicine | Arizona | $415,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/arizona |
| Emergency Medicine | Oregon | $415,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/oregon |
| Emergency Medicine | Illinois | $400,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/illinois |
| Emergency Medicine | Georgia | $380,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/georgia |
| Emergency Medicine | Massachusetts | $380,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/massachusetts |
| Emergency Medicine | Pennsylvania | $370,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/pennsylvania |
| Emergency Medicine | Alabama | $365,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/alabama |
| Emergency Medicine | Iowa | $365,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/iowa |
| Emergency Medicine | New York | $350,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine/new-york |
| Endocrinology | Illinois | $365,000 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/endocrinology/illinois |
| Endocrinology | Alabama | $360,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/endocrinology/alabama |
| Endocrinology | Massachusetts | $360,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/endocrinology/massachusetts |
| Endocrinology | California | $340,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/endocrinology/california |
| Family Medicine | California | $345,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/california |
| Family Medicine | Massachusetts | $325,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/massachusetts |
| Family Medicine | New York | $320,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/new-york |
| Family Medicine | Iowa | $315,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/iowa |
| Family Medicine | Florida | $310,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/florida |
| Family Medicine | Pennsylvania | $310,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/pennsylvania |
| Family Medicine | Alabama | $290,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/alabama |
| Family Medicine | Illinois | $280,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/illinois |
| Family Medicine | Arizona | $278,704 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/arizona |
| Family Medicine | Texas | $275,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/texas |
| Family Medicine | Ohio | $270,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine/ohio |
| Gastroenterology | New York | $705,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/new-york |
| Gastroenterology | California | $580,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/california |
| Gastroenterology | Washington | $560,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/washington |
| Gastroenterology | Georgia | $550,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/georgia |
| Gastroenterology | Massachusetts | $550,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/massachusetts |
| Gastroenterology | Oregon | $550,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/oregon |
| Gastroenterology | Pennsylvania | $550,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/pennsylvania |
| Gastroenterology | Illinois | $505,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology/illinois |
| General Surgery | California | $610,000 | 26 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery/california |
| General Surgery | Massachusetts | $600,000 | 20 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery/massachusetts |
| General Surgery | Florida | $590,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery/florida |
| General Surgery | New York | $575,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery/new-york |
| General Surgery | Georgia | $510,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery/georgia |
| General Surgery | Illinois | $455,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery/illinois |
| Hematology/Oncology | Arizona | $700,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/arizona |
| Hematology/Oncology | Pennsylvania | $540,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/pennsylvania |
| Hematology/Oncology | California | $520,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/california |
| Hematology/Oncology | Florida | $500,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/florida |
| Hematology/Oncology | Massachusetts | $495,000 | 20 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/massachusetts |
| Hematology/Oncology | Georgia | $490,000 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/georgia |
| Hematology/Oncology | Montana | $490,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/montana |
| Hematology/Oncology | New York | $477,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/new-york |
| Hematology/Oncology | Illinois | $465,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology/illinois |
| Infectious Disease | Illinois | $400,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease/illinois |
| Infectious Disease | Massachusetts | $380,000 | 17 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease/massachusetts |
| Infectious Disease | Iowa | $375,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease/iowa |
| Infectious Disease | Georgia | $360,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease/georgia |
| Infectious Disease | Arizona | $350,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease/arizona |
| Infectious Disease | Florida | $350,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease/florida |
| Infectious Disease | California | $340,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease/california |
| Internal Medicine | Colorado | $445,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/colorado |
| Internal Medicine | Iowa | $355,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/iowa |
| Internal Medicine | California | $350,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/california |
| Internal Medicine | Georgia | $350,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/georgia |
| Internal Medicine | New York | $350,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/new-york |
| Internal Medicine | Michigan | $328,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/michigan |
| Internal Medicine | Florida | $325,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/florida |
| Internal Medicine | Alabama | $320,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/alabama |
| Internal Medicine | Texas | $320,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/texas |
| Internal Medicine | Massachusetts | $312,526 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/massachusetts |
| Internal Medicine | Illinois | $310,000 | 15 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/illinois |
| Internal Medicine | Alaska | $300,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine/alaska |
| Nephrology | California | $410,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/nephrology/california |
| Nephrology | Illinois | $365,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/nephrology/illinois |
| Neurology | Georgia | $460,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology/georgia |
| Neurology | Florida | $423,500 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology/florida |
| Neurology | Illinois | $420,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology/illinois |
| Neurology | California | $390,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology/california |
| Neurology | Massachusetts | $370,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology/massachusetts |
| Neurosurgery | Texas | $1,200,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery/texas |
| Neurosurgery | New York | $1,187,500 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery/new-york |
| Neurosurgery | Illinois | $1,000,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery/illinois |
| Neurosurgery | Massachusetts | $920,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery/massachusetts |
| Neurosurgery | Georgia | $900,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery/georgia |
| Neurosurgery | California | $880,000 | 21 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery/california |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Washington | $510,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn/washington |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Georgia | $430,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn/georgia |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Oregon | $425,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn/oregon |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | California | $420,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn/california |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Massachusetts | $410,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn/massachusetts |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Illinois | $385,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn/illinois |
| Ophthalmology | Massachusetts | $797,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology/massachusetts |
| Ophthalmology | Illinois | $690,000 | 18 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology/illinois |
| Ophthalmology | California | $680,000 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology/california |
| Ophthalmology | Georgia | $670,000 | 17 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology/georgia |
| Ophthalmology | Pennsylvania | $505,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology/pennsylvania |
| Orthopedic Surgery | New York | $1,100,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/new-york |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Texas | $900,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/texas |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Florida | $820,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/florida |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Illinois | $800,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/illinois |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Massachusetts | $800,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/massachusetts |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Oregon | $775,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/oregon |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Colorado | $770,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/colorado |
| Orthopedic Surgery | Georgia | $750,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/georgia |
| Orthopedic Surgery | California | $732,000 | 15 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery/california |
| Otolaryngology | Massachusetts | $565,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/otolaryngology-ent/massachusetts |
| Otolaryngology | Illinois | $540,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/otolaryngology-ent/illinois |
| Pathology | Texas | $454,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pathology/texas |
| Pathology | Georgia | $405,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pathology/georgia |
| Pathology | California | $391,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pathology/california |
| Pathology | Massachusetts | $390,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pathology/massachusetts |
| Pediatrics | Texas | $400,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/texas |
| Pediatrics | New York | $350,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/new-york |
| Pediatrics | Vermont | $340,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/vermont |
| Pediatrics | Montana | $315,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/montana |
| Pediatrics | Oregon | $315,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/oregon |
| Pediatrics | Pennsylvania | $315,000 | 27 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/pennsylvania |
| Pediatrics | Alabama | $305,000 | 20 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/alabama |
| Pediatrics | California | $305,000 | 28 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/california |
| Pediatrics | Iowa | $305,000 | 23 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/iowa |
| Pediatrics | New Mexico | $305,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/new-mexico |
| Pediatrics | Florida | $295,000 | 17 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/florida |
| Pediatrics | Massachusetts | $295,000 | 43 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/massachusetts |
| Pediatrics | Georgia | $280,000 | 19 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/georgia |
| Pediatrics | Illinois | $265,000 | 18 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics/illinois |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Georgia | $420,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/physical-medicine-rehabilitation/georgia |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Massachusetts | $400,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/physical-medicine-rehabilitation/massachusetts |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Illinois | $375,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/physical-medicine-rehabilitation/illinois |
| Plastic Surgery | Florida | $1,215,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery/florida |
| Plastic Surgery | New York | $1,000,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery/new-york |
| Plastic Surgery | Massachusetts | $780,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery/massachusetts |
| Plastic Surgery | California | $750,000 | 15 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery/california |
| Plastic Surgery | Pennsylvania | $740,000 | 14 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery/pennsylvania |
| Plastic Surgery | Illinois | $710,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery/illinois |
| Psychiatry | California | $380,000 | 12 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry/california |
| Psychiatry | Iowa | $380,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry/iowa |
| Psychiatry | Kansas | $365,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry/kansas |
| Psychiatry | Pennsylvania | $365,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry/pennsylvania |
| Psychiatry | Arizona | $355,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry/arizona |
| Psychiatry | Alabama | $350,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry/alabama |
| Psychiatry | Massachusetts | $350,000 | 15 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry/massachusetts |
| Pulmonology | Texas | $550,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology/texas |
| Pulmonology | Arizona | $540,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology/arizona |
| Pulmonology | Georgia | $460,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology/georgia |
| Pulmonology | California | $455,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology/california |
| Pulmonology | Illinois | $450,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology/illinois |
| Pulmonology | Massachusetts | $430,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology/massachusetts |
| Pulmonology | Alabama | $330,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology/alabama |
| Radiation Oncology | Georgia | $620,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiation-oncology/georgia |
| Radiation Oncology | California | $615,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiation-oncology/california |
| Radiation Oncology | Massachusetts | $580,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiation-oncology/massachusetts |
| Radiation Oncology | Illinois | $565,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiation-oncology/illinois |
| Radiology | Florida | $700,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology/florida |
| Radiology | Montana | $620,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology/montana |
| Radiology | California | $590,000 | 17 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology/california |
| Radiology | Georgia | $580,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology/georgia |
| Radiology | Pennsylvania | $575,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology/pennsylvania |
| Radiology | Illinois | $570,000 | 9 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology/illinois |
| Radiology | Massachusetts | $525,000 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology/massachusetts |
| Rheumatology | Iowa | $360,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/rheumatology/iowa |
| Rheumatology | Illinois | $350,000 | 24 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/rheumatology/illinois |
| Rheumatology | Massachusetts | $340,000 | 11 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/rheumatology/massachusetts |
| Urology | California | $630,000 | 13 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology/california |
| Urology | Georgia | $610,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology/georgia |
| Urology | Massachusetts | $600,000 | 22 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology/massachusetts |
| Urology | Illinois | $570,000 | 7 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology/illinois |
| Urology | Florida | $560,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology/florida |
| Vascular Surgery | California | $640,000 | 10 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery/california |
| Vascular Surgery | Massachusetts | $630,000 | 8 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery/massachusetts |
| Vascular Surgery | Pennsylvania | $620,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery/pennsylvania |
| Vascular Surgery | Illinois | $600,000 | 6 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery/illinois |
| Vascular Surgery | Florida | $595,000 | 5 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery/florida |

## Key Terms
- Approved report: a salary report that passed moderation. Pending, rejected and removed reports are never published or counted.
- Attending-physician cohort: approved realized-compensation and accepted-offer reports from attending physicians (reports with no role recorded are included, as on the specialty pages). Reports recorded as resident, fellow or dentist are excluded from these figures.
- Report count (n): the number of approved reports behind a figure.
- Data as of: the submission date of the newest approved report included.
- Public location: the state, census region, metro area or city shown on a salary card, chosen by the rules under Publication Floors.

## Coverage Summary
- Specialties with published figures in this file: 31
- Specialty-and-state cells with published figures in this file: 199
- Time span: approved attending-physician reports submitted March 26, 2025 through September 26, 2026
- Professions: physicians (attendings, fellows and residents) and dentists; physician figures exclude dentists, and the salary form has no NP, PA or CRNA role
- Practice settings: private practice, hospital-employed, academic, government/VA/military, FQHC, locum tenens and self-employed, among others

## Data Limitations
- Self-reported: compensation figures are reported by physicians and cannot be independently audited against tax or payroll records. Reports are not NPI-verified.
- Selection bias: physicians who choose to report may not represent every physician in a specialty or location.
- Geographic clustering: more data comes from populous states and metro areas; rural coverage is thinner.
- Sample size variation: niche subspecialties and small states have few reports; check the report count beside each figure.
- Cash compensation only: non-cash benefits (health insurance, retirement match, CME allowance) are not included in total compensation unless noted.

## Comparison to Other Sources
- vs. MGMA: MGMA's compensation surveys are reported by medical groups and sold by subscription. SalaryDr's public pages are free and built from individual physicians' own reports, updated as new reports are approved.
- vs. Medscape: Medscape publishes an annual compensation report based on a physician survey. SalaryDr publishes continuously and by specialty, state and practice setting where sample sizes allow.
- vs. BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics): BLS publishes occupation-level wage estimates from an employer survey, covering a limited set of physician occupations. SalaryDr reports by specialty, state, practice setting and experience where sample sizes allow.
- vs. Doximity: Doximity publishes an annual compensation report based on physician survey data. SalaryDr updates daily and provides free, granular access without requiring a Doximity account.

## License
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## How to Cite SalaryDr
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Citing this file:
SalaryDr, "Physician Salary Reference for AI Systems," https://www.salarydr.com/llms-full.txt (data as of September 26, 2026; accessed [date you accessed it]). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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## Key URLs
- Homepage: https://www.salarydr.com
- Salary Explorer: https://www.salarydr.com/salaries
- Physician Salary Guide: https://www.salarydr.com/physician-salary
- Methodology: https://www.salarydr.com/methodology
- Glossary: https://www.salarydr.com/glossary
- About: https://www.salarydr.com/about
- Blog: https://www.salarydr.com/blog
- Submit Salary: https://www.salarydr.com/submit-salary
- Embed this data: https://www.salarydr.com/embed
- Physician Jobs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs
- Physician Employers: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/employers
- Jobs for Residents and Fellows: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/residents
- Job Pay Transparency: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/transparency

## Physician Jobs Marketplace
SalaryDr's jobs experience is restricted to physician roles. Employer-provided compensation, official-source compensation, and SalaryDr market estimates are labeled separately rather than blended into one number.

### High-intent job collections
- Transparent pay: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/transparent-pay
- Posted pay at or above the reported median: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/above-market
- Low/no call: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/no-call
- Visa-friendly and J-1/H-1B signals: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/visa-friendly
- Academic medicine: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/academic
- Direct employers/no recruiter signals: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/no-recruiters
- Four-day-week signals: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/four-day-week

### Indexable job architecture
- Specialty hub pattern: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/specialty/{specialty-slug}
- State hub pattern: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/location/{state-slug}
- Specialty and state hub pattern: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/specialty/{specialty-slug}/{state-slug}
- Individual job postings: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/{job-slug}

## B2B Benchmark Data Products
- Benchmark Data (Premium Reports): https://www.salarydr.com/benchmark-data
- Benchmark Report Configurator: https://www.salarydr.com/benchmark-data/configure
- Benchmark API Documentation: https://www.salarydr.com/benchmark-data/api-docs
- Compensation Benchmark Report ($799): On-demand percentile compensation data with BLS cross-validation, geographic breakdowns, experience analysis. PDF + interactive web viewer.
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- Benchmark API: RESTful API for programmatic access to physician compensation percentile data. Plans from $999/month.
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## Physician Career Score
SalaryDr's Career Score (0-100) combines seven dimensions: specialty median total compensation, physician satisfaction ratings, BLS 10-year projected employment growth (2024-2034 projections), the share of physicians who would choose the specialty again, weekly hours worked (fewer hours score higher), training return on investment, and AI resilience. Salary, satisfaction and would-choose-again inputs come from approved SalaryDr reports.
- Career pages: https://www.salarydr.com/careers/{specialty-slug}
- State career pages: https://www.salarydr.com/careers/{specialty-slug}/{state-slug}
- Career Explorer index: https://www.salarydr.com/careers

## Structured Data Endpoints
SalaryDr provides machine-readable endpoints for direct AI consumption. Published aggregate data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); cite with attribution.
- JSON Summary (all specialties): https://www.salarydr.com/data/salary-summary.json
- Dental Salary Data (JSON): https://www.salarydr.com/data/dental
- Data Index (Markdown): https://www.salarydr.com/data
- Per-specialty endpoints (Markdown):
- Anesthesiology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/anesthesiology
- Cardiology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/data/cardiothoracic-surgery
- Dermatology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/dermatology
- Emergency Medicine: https://www.salarydr.com/data/emergency-medicine
- Endocrinology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/endocrinology
- Family Medicine: https://www.salarydr.com/data/family-medicine
- Gastroenterology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/gastroenterology
- General Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/data/general-surgery
- Hematology/Oncology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/hematology-oncology
- Internal Medicine: https://www.salarydr.com/data/internal-medicine
- Nephrology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/nephrology
- Neurology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/neurology
- Neurosurgery: https://www.salarydr.com/data/neurosurgery
- Obstetrics & Gynecology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/ob-gyn
- Ophthalmology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/ophthalmology
- Orthopedic Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/data/orthopedic-surgery
- Otolaryngology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/otolaryngology-ent
- Pathology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/pathology
- Pediatrics: https://www.salarydr.com/data/pediatrics
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: https://www.salarydr.com/data/physical-medicine-rehabilitation
- Plastic Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/data/plastic-surgery
- Psychiatry: https://www.salarydr.com/data/psychiatry
- Radiation Oncology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/radiation-oncology
- Radiology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/radiology
- Rheumatology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/rheumatology
- Urology: https://www.salarydr.com/data/urology
- Vascular Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/data/vascular-surgery

### Per-State Salary Data (JSON)
- Example: https://www.salarydr.com/data/state/california
- Pattern: https://www.salarydr.com/data/state/{state-slug}

## Public API and MCP Server
Free, read-only access to the same figures for code and AI assistants; no key or sign-up. Every response carries n (approved reports), as_of, citation_url (the page to cite), methodology_url and license (CC BY 4.0). Figures below the publication floors are null, never estimated.
- Documentation: https://www.salarydr.com/developers
- MCP server (Streamable HTTP, no authentication): https://www.salarydr.com/mcp
- MCP tools: list_specialties, get_specialty_pay, compare_specialties, get_wrvu_rate, get_resident_pay
- Every specialty SalaryDr publishes, with its slug, national median, 25th and 75th percentiles and report count. https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/specialties.json
- National attending pay for one specialty (median, mean, percentiles), its top 10 states, practice settings and compensation per wRVU. https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/specialties/{slug}.json (example: https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/specialties/cardiology.json)
- Attending pay in one state (slug or two-letter code): median, mean, top specialties against their national medians, and cost of living. https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/states/{state}.json (example: https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/states/texas.json)
- Total compensation per wRVU for one specialty: median, 25th and 75th percentiles and report count. https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/wrvu/{slug}.json (example: https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/wrvu/cardiology.json)
- One teaching hospital's published resident pay scale by PGY year, with its cost-of-living-adjusted PGY-1 pay and rank. https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/residency/institutions/{slug}.json (example: https://www.salarydr.com/data/api/v1/residency/institutions/ucsf.json)

## Data Freshness
Data as of September 26, 2026 (submission date of the newest approved report included). Figures in this file are recomputed at most every 12 hours and cached, so they can lag newly approved reports by up to a day.

## Contact
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