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Yale New Haven Resident Salary 2026–27: $88,662 PGY-1

Yale New Haven pays PGY-1 residents $88,662 in 2026–27, rising to $121,343 by PGY-8, according to its published salary scale. Adjusted for the cost of living in the New Haven area, that PGY-1 salary is worth $84,796 in U.S.-average dollars, ranking 4 of 72 institutions SalaryDr tracks.

Sponsoring institution: Yale New Haven Hospital (Yale School of Medicine)

PGY-1 salary
$88,662
PGY-8 salary
$121,343
PGY-1, cost-of-living adjusted
$84,796
Resident Pay Index rank
4 of 72

Yale New Haven salary by PGY year (2026–27)

Annual salary from the published scale. The adjusted column converts each figure to U.S.-average dollars using the New Haven area’s price level (104.6, where the U.S. = 100).

Yale New Haven resident salary by postgraduate year, 2026–27
LevelAnnual salaryMonthlyCost-of-living adjusted
PGY-1$88,662$7,389$84,796
PGY-2$91,619$7,635$87,624
PGY-3$95,988$7,999$91,803
PGY-4$100,576$8,381$96,191
PGY-5$105,395$8,783$100,800
PGY-6$110,453$9,204$105,637
PGY-7$115,767$9,647$110,719
PGY-8$121,343$10,112$116,052

Stipends and benefits Yale New Haven publishes

Other pay and perks
Totals include a $4,000 yearly wellbeing discretionary component ($1,000 of it paid as an October supplement)

How Yale New Haven compares

The median PGY-1 salary across the 72 institutions SalaryDr tracks is $71,664, or $74,182 after adjusting for cost of living. Yale New Haven pays $16,998 more than that median before the adjustment and $10,614 more than it after.

Nearby institutions

Yale New Haven compared with nearby institutions
InstitutionCityPGY-1Cost-of-living adjustedRank
Yale New HavenNew Haven, CT$88,662$84,7964
Mass General BrighamBoston, MA$84,579$78,12115
UVM Medical CenterBurlington, VT$77,049$76,32422
Boston Medical Center2025–26 scaleBoston, MA$81,222$75,02132
Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME$75,010$73,64240

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Source and methodology

Salary source
Yale New Haven Hospital (Yale School of Medicine), published salary page
Academic year
2026–27
Last checked
What it says
2026-2027 ... PG1 $87,662 + $1,000 = $88,662
Cost of living
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity for the New Haven, CT metro area: 104.6 (U.S. = 100), 2024 data. Adjusted salary = published salary ÷ (price parity ÷ 100).

Figures are base salary as the institution publishes it. They exclude stipends, bonuses, moonlighting and taxes unless noted. Report an error