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Vanderbilt Resident Salary 2025–26: $73,899 PGY-1
Vanderbilt pays PGY-1 residents $73,899 in 2025–26, rising to $100,717 by PGY-10, according to its published salary scale. Adjusted for the cost of living in the Nashville area, that PGY-1 salary is worth $76,708 in U.S.-average dollars, ranking 19 of 72 institutions SalaryDr tracks.
Sponsoring institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
These rates took effect January 1, 2026 and were still Vanderbilt’s published scale when we last checked on September 25, 2026.
Vanderbilt salary by PGY year (2025–26)
Annual salary from the published scale. The adjusted column converts each figure to U.S.-average dollars using the Nashville area’s price level (96.3, where the U.S. = 100).
| Level | Annual salary | Monthly | Cost-of-living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $73,899 | $6,158 | $76,708 |
| PGY-2 | $76,486 | $6,374 | $79,393 |
| PGY-3 | $79,163 | $6,597 | $82,172 |
| PGY-4 | $81,933 | $6,828 | $85,047 |
| PGY-5 | $84,801 | $7,067 | $88,024 |
| PGY-6 | $87,769 | $7,314 | $91,105 |
| PGY-7 | $90,841 | $7,570 | $94,294 |
| PGY-8 | $94,021 | $7,835 | $97,595 |
| PGY-9 | $97,311 | $8,109 | $101,010 |
| PGY-10 | $100,717 | $8,393 | $104,545 |
Vanderbilt adjusts stipends each January; these rates took effect January 1, 2026.
How Vanderbilt compares
The median PGY-1 salary across the 72 institutions SalaryDr tracks is $71,664, or $74,182 after adjusting for cost of living. Vanderbilt pays $2,235 more than that median before the adjustment and $2,526 more than it after.
Nearby institutions
| Institution | City | PGY-1 | Cost-of-living adjusted | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt2025–26 scale | Nashville, TN | $73,899 | $76,708 | 19 |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | $66,500 | $71,591 | 48 |
| UAB | Birmingham, AL | $64,890 | $70,807 | 51 |
| UMMC | Jackson, MS | $61,352 | $68,898 | 57 |
| UTHSC | Memphis, TN | $63,300 | $68,671 | 59 |
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- Salary source
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, published salary page
- Academic year
- 2025–26 (rates effective January 1, 2026)
- Last checked
- What it says
Effective 1/1/26 ... PGY 1 $73,899
- Cost of living
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area: 96.3 (U.S. = 100), 2024 data. Adjusted salary = published salary ÷ (price parity ÷ 100).
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