# SalaryDr
> Physician salary transparency built from self-reported, moderated compensation reports, plus a physician-only jobs marketplace. The salary form has no NP, PA or CRNA role, so physician figures are not blended with their pay.

## About
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 at a Glance
- 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

## Median Total Compensation by Specialty
Approved attending-physician reports, all US states, highest median first. Each specialty includes the known spellings submitters use for it (for example, "PM&R" counts toward Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation).

| Specialty | Median total compensation | Reports | Source |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------|--------|
| Cardiothoracic Surgery | $1,200,000 | 26 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiothoracic-surgery |
| Neurosurgery | $900,000 | 98 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery |
| Orthopedic Surgery | $790,000 | 122 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery |
| Plastic Surgery | $750,000 | 74 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery |
| Ophthalmology | $670,000 | 100 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology |
| Dermatology | $630,000 | 86 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology |
| Cardiology | $623,000 | 177 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology |
| Vascular Surgery | $615,000 | 54 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery |
| Urology | $600,000 | 88 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology |
| Radiation Oncology | $585,000 | 43 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiation-oncology |
| Radiology | $585,000 | 113 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology |
| Gastroenterology | $550,000 | 94 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology |
| Anesthesiology | $535,000 | 162 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology |
| General Surgery | $530,000 | 136 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery |
| Otolaryngology | $525,000 | 43 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/otolaryngology-ent |
| Hematology/Oncology | $495,000 | 125 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology |
| Critical Care | $480,000 | 33 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/critical-care |
| Pulmonology | $460,000 | 85 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | $430,000 | 76 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn |
| Emergency Medicine | $410,000 | 144 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine |
| Neurology | $400,000 | 91 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | $400,000 | 38 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/physical-medicine-rehabilitation |
| Pathology | $391,000 | 55 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pathology |
| Nephrology | $390,000 | 33 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/nephrology |
| Endocrinology | $360,000 | 61 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/endocrinology |
| Infectious Disease | $360,000 | 77 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease |
| Psychiatry | $355,500 | 100 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry |
| Rheumatology | $350,000 | 61 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/rheumatology |
| Internal Medicine | $340,000 | 180 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine |
| Family Medicine | $310,000 | 154 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine |
| Pediatrics | $310,000 | 272 | https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics |

## Median Total Compensation by Specialty and State
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 Pages
- Homepage: https://www.salarydr.com/
- Physician Salary Data: https://www.salarydr.com/physician-salary
- Specialty Directory: https://www.salarydr.com/salaries
- Salary Trends: https://www.salarydr.com/physician-salary-trends
- Methodology (moderation, publication floors, license, how to cite): https://www.salarydr.com/methodology
- FAQ: https://www.salarydr.com/physician-salary-faq
- Glossary: https://www.salarydr.com/glossary
- Salary Comparison Tool: https://www.salarydr.com/salary-comparison
- Specialty Decision Tree: https://www.salarydr.com/tools/specialty-decision-tree
- Embed this data on your site: https://www.salarydr.com/embed

## Physician Jobs Marketplace
SalaryDr lists physician-only roles and keeps employer-provided compensation separate from SalaryDr market context so users and AI systems can identify the provenance of each pay figure.
- Physician Jobs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs
- Jobs With Transparent Pay: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/transparent-pay
- Jobs Posting At or Above the Reported Median: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/above-market
- Low/No-Call Physician Jobs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/no-call
- Visa-Friendly Physician Jobs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/visa-friendly
- Academic Physician Jobs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/academic
- Direct-Employer Physician Jobs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/intent/no-recruiters
- Physician Jobs for Residents and Fellows: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/residents
- Physician Employers: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/employers
- Pay Transparency Methodology: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/transparency
- Specialty job hubs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/specialty/{specialty-slug}
- State job hubs: https://www.salarydr.com/jobs/location/{state-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
- Products: On-demand physician compensation benchmark reports ($799-$1,999) and report bundles ($5,999-$12,499). BLS-validated, IRS §482 ready. Built for CPA firms, healthcare organizations, and valuation consultants.

## Physician Career Data
SalaryDr's Career Explorer gives medical specialties a Career Score (0-100) that combines salary, satisfaction, BLS job-growth projections, would-choose-again rates, work-life balance, training return on investment and AI resilience.
- Career Explorer: https://www.salarydr.com/careers
- Specialty career pages: https://www.salarydr.com/careers/{specialty-slug}
- State career pages: https://www.salarydr.com/careers/{specialty-slug}/{state-slug}
- Data sources: SalaryDr approved salary reports + BLS Employment Projections 2024-2034

## Structured Data Endpoints
Machine-readable salary data. Published aggregate data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- 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 Data (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 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)

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: How much do physicians earn?**
A: It depends heavily on specialty. Among the specialties in this file (approved attending-physician reports, data as of September 26, 2026), median total compensation ranges from $310,000 (Pediatrics, 272 reports) to $1,200,000 (Cardiothoracic Surgery, 26 reports).

**Q: What is the highest-paid medical specialty?**
A: Among the specialties in this file, the highest medians in SalaryDr's approved attending-physician reports are Cardiothoracic Surgery ($1,200,000 median, 26 reports), Neurosurgery ($900,000 median, 98 reports), Orthopedic Surgery ($790,000 median, 122 reports). Rankings among surgical subspecialties can change as reports arrive; check the report counts.

**Q: How does SalaryDr check salary data?**
A: Salary reports are self-reported and are not NPI-verified. Each report is moderated before publication: the form enforces basic ranges, automated checks look for impossible values, internal inconsistencies, 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. A flagged report is never approved automatically: it waits for a person to review it, and the submitter may be emailed a clarifying question. Only approved reports are published or counted.

**Q: How often is SalaryDr data updated?**
A: 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.

**Q: How does SalaryDr compare to MGMA, Medscape or Doximity?**
A: MGMA's compensation surveys are reported by medical groups and sold by subscription; Medscape and Doximity publish annual reports based on physician surveys. SalaryDr's public pages are free, are built from individual physicians' own reports, and update as new reports are approved. SalaryDr reports are self-reported, so check the report count beside each figure.

**Q: What does "total compensation" include?**
A: The total annual cash compensation as reported (base salary plus bonus and incentive pay; non-cash benefits excluded).

## How to Cite SalaryDr
Cite the SalaryDr page a figure comes from, with the data-as-of date shown there and the date you accessed it:
SalaryDr, "{Specialty} Salary Data," https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/{specialty-slug} (data as of {date shown on the page}; accessed [date you accessed it]). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

## Optional
For the full reference including methodology, publication floors, per-specialty ranges, and comparison to other sources, see:
- Full reference: https://www.salarydr.com/llms-full.txt

Per-specialty detail pages (salary data + state breakdowns + satisfaction):
- Anesthesiology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/anesthesiology
- Cardiology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiology
- Cardiothoracic Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/cardiothoracic-surgery
- Critical Care: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/critical-care
- Dermatology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/dermatology
- Emergency Medicine: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/emergency-medicine
- Endocrinology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/endocrinology
- Family Medicine: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/family-medicine
- Gastroenterology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/gastroenterology
- General Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/general-surgery
- Hematology/Oncology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/hematology-oncology
- Infectious Disease: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/infectious-disease
- Internal Medicine: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/internal-medicine
- Nephrology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/nephrology
- Neurology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurology
- Neurosurgery: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/neurosurgery
- Obstetrics & Gynecology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ob-gyn
- Ophthalmology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/ophthalmology
- Orthopedic Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/orthopedic-surgery
- Otolaryngology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/otolaryngology-ent
- Pathology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pathology
- Pediatrics: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pediatrics
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/physical-medicine-rehabilitation
- Plastic Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/plastic-surgery
- Psychiatry: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/psychiatry
- Pulmonology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/pulmonology
- Radiation Oncology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiation-oncology
- Radiology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/radiology
- Rheumatology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/rheumatology
- Urology: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/urology
- Vascular Surgery: https://www.salarydr.com/specialty/vascular-surgery

## Contact
Website: https://www.salarydr.com
Email: support@salarydr.com