According to Medscape’s “physician compensation report 2025”, doctors are looking at a slow increment in the previous year amid economic uncertainty.
The company surveyed 7,322 physicians in 29 specialties from 3 October 2024 to January 15, 2025, and found that an average increased by an average of 3.6% for physicians, the lowest growth rate since 2011 when Medscape first reported compensation.
The salary profit for primary care physicians was around 1.4%, last year $ 281,000, and for experts, 1%, a hit of $ 398,000. The highest increases at the height of the epidemic since 2021 were the lowest increase. Pay figures cover Aadhaar pay, encouragement bonus and other income including profit-sharing.
The report stated that the compensation of the experts was squeezed by the payment reimbursement cut, and we noticed that reporting is the reporting salary increase of less specialties than many years. “And neither was it a banner year for primary care doctors. The political and regulatory arena seems to be a good time for physicians to be careful of their expenses, and the latter with great uncertainty, and the latter covid pay expenses. “
A doctor said that his income is going on, as CMS pays for services every year.
The average average of orthopedic surgeons was $ 543,000, while radiology ranked second with $ 520,000 average salary. The anesthesiologist reported an average salary of about $ 499,000 last year.
About half, 43%, said that their compensation is the same while 28% said it increased by 10% or less. Eleven percent of the respondents said their salary fell 10% or less; Overall, 18% said that his salary fell last year. Overall reporting pay drops include:
1) dermatology: 11% drop
2) Neurology: 6% drop
3) Urology: 6% drop
4) Plastic Surgery: 4% Drop
5) Cardiology: 4% drop
6) Eye science: 4% drop
About 53% of the doctors said that they feel underped or they were not paid considerable relative to their jobs, but 71% said their total compensation included the cost of living, loan and retirement saving.
