Oncology saw the biggest pay jump in the last year, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.
Medscape surveyed 10,011 physicians across more than 29 specialties about their income, work hours, job satisfaction and more from Oct. 7, 2022, to Jan. 17, 2023.
Here are the 10 specialties for which pay grew from 2022 to 2023:
- Oncology: 13 percent
- Gastroenterology: 11 percent
- Anesthesiology: 10 percent
- Radiology: 10 percent
- Critical care: 10 percent
- Urology: 10 percent
- Psychiatry: 8 percent
- Plastic surgery: 7 percent
- Pulmonary medicine: 7 percent
- Neurology: 4 percent