Income of Doctors by Specialty (With Length of Residency/Fellowship)

Income for doctors vary widely by region and specialty. In this post, we have sorted out the average income of doctors by their specialty/subspecialty and have also included how much training is needed. This information will be updated yearly and is collected from AAMC. The salary numbers are as of 2020.

Table: Income And Length of Residency/Fellowship By Specialty

The + sign indicates the additional time needed for fellowship after residency.

Specialty	Average Income	Length of Residency Or Fellowship	Note
Allergy and Immunology	$229,000	+2	Plus 3 years internal med or pediatrics residency
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology	$297,000	4
Blood Banking - Transfusion Medicine Chemical Pathology Cytopathology Forensic Pathology Hematology Medical Microbiology Neuropathology Pediatric Pathology	- - - - - - - -	+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1
Anesthesiology	$409,000	4
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Obstetric Anesthesiology Pain Medicine Pediatric Anesthesiology	- - - $401,000 $450,000	- +1 +1 +1 +1
Dermatology	$391,000	4
Dermatopathology Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology	- -	+1 -
Diagnostic Radiology	$403,500	5
Abdominal Radiology Cardiothoracic Radiology Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Musculoskeletal Radiology Neuroradiology Nuclear Radiology Pediatric Radiology Vascular and Interventional Radiology	- - - - - - - $467,000	+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
Emergency Medicine	$353,000	3
Medical Toxicology Pediatric Emergency Medicine	- -	+2 +2
Family Medicine/ Family Practice	$232,500	3
Geriatric Medicine Sports Medicine	- -	+1 +1
General Surgery	$435,000	5
Hand Surgery Pediatric Surgery Surgical Critical Care Colon and Rectal Surgery Vascular Surgery	- $567,000 $455,000 - $456,000	+1 +2 +1 +1 +5
Hospice and Palliative Medicine	-	+1
Infectious Disease	$232,000	+2
Integrated Plastic Surgery	-	+6
Integrated Thoracic Surgery	-	+6
Integrated Vascular Surgery	-	+5
Internal Medicine	$258,000	3
Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Critical Care Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Gastroenterology Geriatric Medicine Hematology Hematology and Oncology Interventional Cardiology Nephrology Oncology Pediatrics Pulmonary Disease Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Rheumatology Sports Medicine	$401,000 - $328,000 $234,000 $437,000 $232,000 - $337,000 $537,000 $276,000 - - $341,000 - $232,000 -	+3 +1 +2 +2 +3 +1 +2 +3 +1 +2 +2 +1 +2 +3 +2 +1	Four year Med-Ped
Medical Genetics	$221,000	+2	With an additional two years completed in pediatrics, internal med, or ob-gyn
Biochemical Genetics Molecular Genetic Pathology	- -	+1 -
Neurological Surgery	$700,000	7
Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology	-	+1
Neurology	$288,000	4
Child Neurology Clinical Neurophysiology Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology Neuromuscular Medicine Pain Medicine	$244,000 - - - -	+3 +1 +1 +1 +1
Nuclear Medicine	$369,000	3	In addition to one prelim year
Obstetrics and Gynecology	$313,000	4
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive	-	+2
Ophthalmology	$349,000	3
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	-	+2
Orthopaedic Surgery	$574,000	5
Adult Reconstructive Orthopaedics Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics Hand Surgery Musculoskeletal Oncology Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Orthopaedic Trauma Pediatric Orthopaedics	- - - - $584,000 - - -	+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
Otolaryngology	$426,000	5
Otology-Neurotology Pediatric Otolaryngology	$426,000 -	+2 +2
Pediatrics	-	3
Adolescent Medicine Child Abuse Pediatrics Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Pediatric Cardiology Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pediatric Endocrinology Pediatric Gastroenterology Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Infectious Disease Pediatric Nephrology Pediatric Pulmonology Pediatric Rheumatology Pediatric Sports Medicine Pediatric Transplant Hepatology	$225,500 $203,000 - - $305,000 $320,000 $314,000 $283,000 $208,000 $267,000 $242,000 $213,000 $218,000 $244,000 $202,000 -	+3 +3 +1 +3 +3 +3 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +1 +1
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	$259,000	$259,000	4
Neuromuscular Medicine Pain Medicine Spinal Cord Injury Medicine	$225,500 - -	+1 +1 +1
Plastic Surgery	-	6	Alternative path available
Craniofacial Surgery Hand Surgery	- -	+1 +1
Preventive Medicine	-	2
Psychiatry	$226,000	4
Geriatric Psychiatry Forensic Psychiatry	- $257,000	+1 1
Radiation Oncology	-	5
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility	$481,000	+3	After ob-gyn residency
Sleep Medicine	-	1
Thoracic Surgery	-	+2	In addition to 5 years of general surgery residency
Congenital Cardiac Surgery	$675,000	+1
Transplant Hepatology	-	+1	After 3 years of IM residency &d 3-year gastroenterology fellowship
Urology	-	5
Pediatric Urology	-	+2

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