Useful Information - AMGA 2006 Physician Compensation Survey
AMGA’s 2006 Medical Group Compensation & Financial Survey gives a complete financial picture of physician compensation from approximately 37,000 medical group physicians throughout the United States
| Specialty |
All
Physicians |
Starting |
Eastern |
Western |
Southern |
Northern |
| Allergy and Immunology |
$227,080 |
$180,520 |
$230,500 |
$236,846 |
$182,074 |
$208,000 |
| Anesthesiology |
$337,654 |
$279,922 |
$297,088 |
$339,359 |
$311,600 |
$342,610 |
| Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery |
$470,000 |
$347,573 |
$449,800 |
$478,997 |
$355,569 |
$539,999 |
| Cardiology |
$363,081 |
$268,286 |
$277,503 |
$368,633 |
$397,500 |
$374,494 |
| Colon & Rectal Surgery |
$366,687 |
$288,933 |
$325,000 |
$344,940 |
**** |
$368,991 |
| Critical Care Medicine |
$234,503 |
$209,850 |
$271,587 |
$339,875 |
**** |
$243,935 |
| Dermatology |
$306,935 |
$238,103 |
$253,125 |
$315,516 |
$330,727 |
$280,979 |
| Diagnostic Radiology - Interventional |
$424,992 |
$388,318 |
$366,400 |
$419,083 |
$505,321 |
$424,992 |
| Diagnostic Radiology - Non-Interventional |
$400,000 |
$340,000 |
$349,575 |
$404,877 |
$384,960 |
$415,753 |
| Emergency Care |
$248,721 |
$213,326 |
$205,313 |
$258,567 |
$215,066 |
$248,412 |
| Endocrinology |
$194,243 |
$159,705 |
$172,748 |
$207,519 |
$181,800 |
$206,253 |
| Family Medicine |
$178,366 |
$143,359 |
$151,043 |
$189,204 |
$180,014 |
$173,190 |
| Family Medicine - with Obstetrics |
$186,451 |
$149,449 |
$156,164 |
$173,950 |
$159,013 |
$197,135 |
| Gastroenterology |
$344,200 |
$283,842 |
$289,414 |
$356,771 |
$333,564 |
$329,495 |
| General Surgery |
$310,736 |
$241,005 |
$269,635 |
$308,095 |
$303,073 |
$341,400 |
| Geriatrics |
$162,541 |
$135,322 |
$159,000 |
$186,759 |
$150,000 |
$163,979 |
| Gynecological Oncology |
$356,756 |
$284,540 |
$337,747 |
$378,893 |
**** |
$365,000 |
| Gynecology |
$224,134 |
$178,391 |
$227,294 |
$221,000 |
$214,323 |
$224,632 |
| Gynecology & Obstetrics |
$271,273 |
$220,635 |
$240,968 |
$274,102 |
$266,467 |
$282,679 |
| Hematology & Medical Oncology |
$263,284 |
$215,163 |
$235,419 |
$286,699 |
$256,132 |
$261,501 |
| Hospitalist |
$189,677 |
$163,917 |
$166,997 |
$198,718 |
$202,355 |
$180,066 |
| Hypertension & Nephrology |
$229,992 |
$195,640 |
$187,616 |
$256,648 |
$238,923 |
$219,992 |
| Infectious Disease |
$194,750 |
$160,713 |
$166,803 |
$214,665 |
$171,679 |
$196,950 |
| Intensivist |
$245,293 |
$224,733 |
**** |
$245,254 |
**** |
**** |
| Internal Medicine |
$183,840 |
$149,567 |
$172,070 |
$193,406 |
$181,870 |
$174,572 |
| Neonatology |
$246,872 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
| Neurological Surgery |
$476,260 |
$360,110 |
$423,950 |
$562,521 |
$475,274 |
$476,480 |
| Neurology |
$211,995 |
$172,264 |
$189,549 |
$232,782 |
$195,685 |
$211,995 |
| Nuclear Medicine (M.D. only) |
$300,000 |
$225,975 |
**** |
$304,128 |
**** |
$300,000 |
| Obstetrics |
$251,787 |
$196,797 |
$238,940 |
$260,615 |
$269,028 |
$254,402 |
| Occupational/Environmental Medicine |
$202,063 |
$173,197 |
**** |
$203,495 |
**** |
$201,622 |
| Ophthalmology |
$281,112 |
$220,001 |
$234,500 |
$279,981 |
$261,188 |
$312,741 |
| Oral Surgery |
$317,634 |
$229,370 |
**** |
**** |
$308,300 |
$343,497 |
| Orthopedic Surgery |
$409,518 |
$331,156 |
$365,266 |
$418,641 |
$364,757 |
$412,003 |
| Orthopedic-Medical |
$262,170 |
$145,860 |
**** |
**** |
$239,733 |
$261,085 |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Joint Replacement |
$476,446 |
$407,037 |
**** |
$524,306 |
**** |
$458,740 |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Hand |
$387,626 |
$316,500 |
$375,000 |
$350,002 |
**** |
$403,376 |
| Orthopedic Surg.-Pediatrics |
$355,758 |
$302,246 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
| Orthopedic Surgery - Spine |
$554,054 |
$395,524 |
**** |
$557,630 |
**** |
$582,215 |
| Otolaryngology |
$315,000 |
$248,948 |
$271,699 |
$318,330 |
$314,643 |
$324,835 |
| Pathology (M.D. only) |
$274,792 |
$212,351 |
$236,192 |
$288,120 |
$249,634 |
$284,315 |
| Pediatric Allergy |
$163,338 |
$143,543 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
| Pediatric Cardiology |
$231,754 |
$184,941 |
$194,915 |
$277,853 |
$222,132 |
$238,992 |
| Pediatric Endocrinology |
$180,153 |
$155,341 |
**** |
$200,831 |
**** |
$170,758 |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology |
$216,000 |
$168,238 |
$197,341 |
$236,859 |
$170,503 |
$238,992 |
| Pediatric Hematology/Oncology |
$200,260 |
$165,955 |
**** |
$244,909 |
$192,786 |
$190,199 |
| Pediatric Intensive Care |
$201,901 |
$158,240 |
$197,991 |
**** |
$168,600 |
$202,500 |
| Pediatric Nephrology |
$178,181 |
$149,706 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
| Pediatric Neurology |
$197,282 |
$174,804 |
**** |
$211,281 |
**** |
$198,782 |
| Pediatric Pulmonary Disease |
$175,440 |
$146,439 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
| Pediatric Surgery |
$322,969 |
$249,061 |
**** |
**** |
$248,577 |
**** |
| Pediatrics & Adolescent |
$182,186 |
$148,529 |
$174,541 |
$188,766 |
$181,612 |
$170,974 |
| Pediatric Infectious Disease |
$179,919 |
$135,419 |
**** |
$228,326 |
**** |
$169,227 |
| Perinatology |
$341,933 |
$298,347 |
**** |
$348,280 |
**** |
$338,995 |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
$207,004 |
$167,593 |
$188,889 |
$213,624 |
$200,877 |
$207,004 |
| Plastic & Reconstruction |
$345,000 |
$274,476 |
$279,505 |
$361,982 |
$344,215 |
$384,255 |
| Psychiatry |
$186,786 |
$153,415 |
$161,717 |
$212,760 |
$157,873 |
$181,510 |
| Psychiatry - Child |
$214,873 |
$168,927 |
**** |
$237,330 |
**** |
$168,927 |
| Pulmonary Disease |
$238,450 |
$194,500 |
$208,102 |
$246,650 |
$282,162 |
$249,417 |
| Radiation Therapy (M.D. only) |
$356,097 |
$274,706 |
$285,586 |
$398,644 |
$319,289 |
$377,510 |
| Reproductive Endocrinology |
$316,241 |
$267,210 |
**** |
$332,114 |
**** |
**** |
| Rheumatologic Disease |
$204,166 |
$159,066 |
$183,515 |
$216,975 |
$181,367 |
$198,469 |
| Sports Medicine |
$245,920 |
$162,786 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
$244,161 |
| Surgical Pathology (M.D. only) |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
| Surgical Sports Medicine |
$417,106 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
**** |
| Transplant Surgery - Kidney |
$351,031 |
$240,620 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
$389,496 |
| Transplant Surgery - Liver |
$379,409 |
$321,000 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
$389,496 |
| Trauma Surgery |
$353,706 |
$268,044 |
$285,179 |
**** |
**** |
$373,340 |
| Urgent Care |
$194,687 |
$155,438 |
$192,210 |
$208,335 |
$204,172 |
$177,227 |
| Urology |
$349,811 |
$267,628 |
$283,880 |
$343,506 |
$344,480 |
$367,008 |
| Vascular Surgery |
$354,365 |
$282,325 |
$309,872 |
$385,935 |
$380,000 |
$350,000 |
