highest paying medical specialties. However, when compensation change was taken into account, these specialties actually experienced a pay drop in 2024.
In 2024, among the surveyed physicians, less than half felt they were fairly paid in 16 of the 29 specialties. Particularly, Plastic surgeons and orthopedic doctors and surgeons felt unfairly compensated although they were the Percentage of U.S. physicians who felt fairly compensated as of 2024, by specialty
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Expenditure
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Compensation
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COVID-19
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Medscape. (2024). Percentage of U.S. physicians who felt fairly compensated as of 2024, by specialty. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250216/us-physicians-opinion-about-their-compensation/
Medscape. "Percentage of U.S. Physicians Who Felt Fairly Compensated as of 2024, by Specialty." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250216/us-physicians-opinion-about-their-compensation/
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Percentage of U.S. physicians who felt fairly compensated as of 2024, by specialty [Graph], Medscape, April 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250216/us-physicians-opinion-about-their-compensation/