Gender Pay Gap Tops $36K for New Physicians

A new study has found that male physicians earn more than their female counterparts, even at the onset of their career.

A new study, which was released ahead of print by Health Affairs, shows a growing disparity in pay between new male and female physicians.

For the study, researchers collected data between 1999 and 2017 from graduating residents from the New York Survey of Residents Completing Training from the Center for Health Workforce Studies of the University of Albany, State University. Using that data, the researchers found that, over that time period, the average starting compensation for men was $235,044 and $198,426 for women, a difference of more than $36,000. They also discovered that the gap widened over time, increasing from $7,700 in 1999.

While part of the pay gap could be explained due to analyzed variables—chosen specialty (40-55%), number of job offers (2-9%), hours worked (up to 7%), and work-life balance preferences (less than 1%)—researchers could not entirely explain the disparity.

“While it is apparent that women say they place a greater premium on control over work-life balance factors, this difference does not appear to explain the observed starting salary difference, conditional on other factors,” the researchers wrote. “There may nevertheless exist workplace biases, whether intentional or unintentional, that differentially affect women irrespective of their individual stated preferences for work-life balance.”

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The Highest Paying U.S. Metro Areas for PTs, OTs, & SLPs

Want to make top pay as a PT, OT, or SLP? You might want to consider looking for a job in one of these high-paying metro areas.

While the average annual salaries of PTs, OTs, and SLPS—$87,930, $84,270, and $77,510 respectively—are typically considered high-paying, salaries can vary based on location, due to cost of living and other factors.

If your 2020 job search has you considering a change in location, be it across the state or across the country, knowing which areas offer the highest pay can help you decide your next move.

Take a look at the top metro areas offering the highest average annual salaries for PTs, OTs, and SLPs as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

Highest Paying Metro Areas – Physical Therapists

  1. Ames, IA – $118,870
  2. Great Falls, MT – $116,580
  3. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV – $115,240
  4. Yuma, AZ – $114,850
  5. Bakersfield, CA – $114,170
  6. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX – $112,500
  7. Prescott, AZ – $110,960
  8. Ithaca, NY – $110,620
  9. Morristown, TN – $108,340
  10. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA – $107,960

Highest Paying Metro Areas – Occupational Therapists

  1. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV – $108,190
  2. Vallejo-Fairfield, CA – $106,270
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA – $104,580
  4. Hattiesburg, MS – $104,250
  5. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA – $103,120
  6. Visalia-Porterville, CA – $102,540
  7. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA – $102,480
  8. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX – $101,800
  9. Salinas, CA – $101,680
  10. Tyler, TX – $101,410

Highest Paying Metro Areas – Speech-Language Pathologists

  1. Napa, CA – $106,620
  2. Jackson, MI – $105,130
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA – $103,890
  4. Vallejo-Fairfield, CA – $103,030
  5. Tulsa, OK – $102,680
  6. Wichita Falls, TX – $102,540
  7. Chico, CA – $101,990
  8. Battle Creek, MI – $101,810
  9. Gainesville, FL – $101,750
  10. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA – $101,380

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The Highest Paying U.S. Metro Areas for Physicians

Want to earn more than the average annual physician salary of $208,000? You might want to look for a job in these metro locations offering top pay.

Physician salaries are typically considered some of the highest across the United States, with average annual salaries ranking at or above $208,000. However, pay can vary quite a bit in different cities across the country, due to cost of living and other factors, including specialty.

If your 2020 job search has you considering a change in location, be it across the state or across the country, knowing which areas offer the highest pay can help you decide your next move.

Take a look at the top ten metro areas offering the highest average annual salaries for Family and General Practitioners, Internists, Pediatricians, and Surgeons as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.

Family and General Practitioners

  1. Sheboygan, WI – $288,770
  2. Appleton, WI – $287,050
  3. Lafayette, LA – $285,350
  4. Jacksonville, NC – $282,770
  5. Rockford, IL – $281,470
  6. Portsmouth, NH-ME – $280,310
  7. Mobile, AL – $279,310
  8. Knoxville, TN – $278,300
  9. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC – $277,290
  10. Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS – $275,660

Internists

  1. Sioux Falls, SD – $291,360
  2. Tulsa, OK – $286,500
  3. Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC – $276,410
  4. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL – $273,690
  5. Richmond, VA – $269,200
  6. Albuquerque, NM – $262,050
  7. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA – $261,990
  8. New Haven, CT – $257,100
  9. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY – $256,900
  10. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV – $256,490

Pediatricians

  1. Montgomery, AL – $285,070
  2. Jackson, MS – $283,960
  3. Killeen-Temple, TX – $275,000
  4. Madison, WI – $274,720
  5. St. Louis, MO-IL – $271,230
  6. Eugene, OR – $267,860
  7. Salt Lake City, UT – $265,080
  8. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI – $264,320
  9. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV – $261,890
  10. Anchorage, AK – $258,830

Surgeons

  1. Greenville, NC – $289,460
  2. Winchester, VA-WV – $287,960
  3. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN – $287,850
  4. Champaign-Urbana, IL – $287,630
  5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA – $287,390
  6. Bowling Green, KY – $286,530
  7. Bloomington, IL – $286,270
  8. New Orleans-Metairie, LA – $286,090
  9. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA – $285,890
  10. Grand Junction, CO – $285,760

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The Highest Paying U.S. Metro Areas for Nurses

If your 2020 job search has you considering a change of scenery, you may want to consider these metro areas offering top pay for nurses.

If your 2020 job search has you thinking of a change of scenery, you may want to consider taking a job in California. While the cost of living in some areas of the state can be above the national average, all of the top ten highest paying metro areas happen to be located within the state lines, as well. In fact, out of more than 500 metro locations, nineteen of the top twenty are located there—the only non-California area to rank that high was Honolulu, Hawaii in 16th place.

Take a look at the top ten metro areas offering the highest average annual salaries for nurses as determined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics—as well as some high-ranking cities not in California, all offering above the national average annual RN salary of $71,730.

Highest Paying Metro Areas for Nurses

1. Salinas, CA – $131,710
2. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA – $128,990
3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA – $128,610
4. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA – $127,440
5. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA – $120,530
6. Vallejo-Fairfield, CA – $115,900
7. Stockton-Lodi, CA – $111,140
8. Napa, CA – $106,060
9. Modesto, CA – $106,040
10. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA – $104,680

Honorable Mentions (Not In California)

16. Urban Honolulu, HI – $99,600
22. Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH – $95,270
24. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA – $93,570
29. Danbury, CT – $91,680
30. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA – $91,160
31. Eugene, OR – $90,850
32. Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI – $89,290
35. Salem, OR – $88,460
36. Anchorage, AK – $88,170
37. Bend-Redmond, OR – $88,100

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The Highest Paying U.S. Metro Areas for NPs and PAs

If your 2020 job search has you considering a change in location, knowing which areas offer the highest pay can help you decide your next move.

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant salaries are typically considered high-paying across the United States, with median annual salaries ranking above $100,000 for both positions. However, salaries can differ quite a bit in cities across the country, due to cost of living and other factors.

If your 2020 job search has you considering a change in location, be it across the state or across the country, knowing which areas offer the highest pay can help you decide your next move.

Take a look at the top ten metro areas offering the highest average annual salaries for NPs and PAs below.

Highest Paying Metro Areas – Nurse Practitioners

  1. New Bedford, MA – $156,980
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA – $150,790
  3. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA – $148,440
  4. Sumter, SC – $145,890
  5. Vallejo-Fairfield, CA – $145,400
  6. Leominster-Gardner, MA – $145,020
  7. Yuma, AZ – $142,650
  8. Rochester, MN – $142,640
  9. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL – $141,800
  10. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT – $141,460

Highest Paying Metro Areas – Physician Assistants

  1. Danbury, CT – $146,000
  2. Salinas, CA – $145,700
  3. Visalia-Porterville, CA – $141,400
  4. Olympia-Tumwater, WA – $139,770
  5. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA – $138,900
  6. Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC – $137,670
  7. Leominster-Gardner, MA – $135,550
  8. Homosassa Springs, FL – $133,850
  9. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA – $133,660
  10. New Bern, NC – $132,640

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Debt and the DPT

While it is a topic that has plenty of anecdotal evidence, a study has now been conducted on the oftentimes crippling debt burden of physical therapists.

While it is a topic that has plenty of anecdotal evidence, a study has now been conducted on the oftentimes crippling debt burden of physical therapists.

The small-scale study, which was authored by Steven Ambler, PT, DPT, MPH, PhD, surveyed members of the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s Early Professional Special Interest Group, all of whom were entry-level PTs practicing in Florida. The respondents, of which there were 86, answered questions relating to income, amount of debt held, and clinical practice choices. The study found that PTs who held a DPT most frequently reported debt ranging from $100,000 to $124,999, while the average salary of respondents was $69,328—a 197% debt to income ratio—and that PTs spend, on average, 22% of their monthly income on loan repayment.

The debt-to-income ratio identified by the study was more than double the estimated average ratio for family medicine physicians, who average a debt-to-income ratio of 80-90%, and also surpassed the average debt-to-income ratio for veterinarians, which is often estimated at 160-180%.

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Physician Pay Up, Productivity Stagnant

Physician compensation rose significantly in 2018, according to findings from the AMGA. See a breakdown of the numbers here.

Physician compensation increased significantly in 2018, while productivity stagnated, according to the newly released findings of the American Medical Group Association’s 2019 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey.

Overall, physician pay rose by a median of 2.92% in 2018, a sharp rise over 2017’s 0.89%. Productivity, however, did not see such a large increase as a whole, up only 0.29% from 2017’s 1.63% decline.

Median pay for all Primary Care specialties increased by 4.91%, a staggering difference over the 0.76% compensation growth in 2017. Within Primary Care, Family Medicine saw the highest increase in compensation at 6.25% in 2018, followed closely by Internal Medicine (5.90%), while Pediatrics saw a slight decline in compensation of -0.04%.

The overall median compensation was up for medical specialties, as well, seeing growth of 3.39% in 2018, with Psychiatry seeing the sharpest increase of 15.6%.

“The 2019 survey shows that physician compensation in 2018 rebounded from a stagnant 2017,” said Fred Horton, M.H.A., AMGA Consulting president, in a press release. “While productivity also increased, it did not increase enough to surpass the decline we saw in last year’s survey, meaning productivity still has not risen since 2016.”

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The Highest Paying Job in Every State Is in Healthcare

Yes, you read that title correctly—the highest paying job in every single state in the United States is a healthcare job.

Yes, you read that title correctly—the highest paying job in every single state in the U.S. is a healthcare job.

The rankings, which were compiled by using wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, show the highest earners are most widely Anesthesiologists, accounting for 18 of the top paying positions, followed by Surgeons ranking as the highest paid in 15 states, and Obstetricians and Gynecologists taking the top paying spot in 10 states.

See what title takes the top pay in each state below.

  • Alabama: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $284,380

  • Alaska: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $281,170

  • Arizona: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $279,160

  • Arkansas: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $266,630

  • California: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $288,420

  • Colorado: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $286,560

  • Connecticut: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $272,080

  • Delaware: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $277,280

  • Florida: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $280,390

  • Georgia: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $273,450

  • Hawaii: Psychiatrists

    Average Salary: $269,800

  • Idaho: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $256,450

  • Illinois: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $261,300

  • Indiana: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $285,180

  • Iowa: Orthodontists

    Average Salary: $267,870

  • Kansas: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $282,940

  • Kentucky: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $278,590

  • Louisiana: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $253,630

  • Maine: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $286,810

  • Maryland: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $284,120

  • Massachusetts: Orthodontists

    Average Salary: $282,740

  • Michigan: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $261,310

  • Minnesota: Internists

    Average Salary: $251,310

  • Mississippi: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $280,350

  • Missouri: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $250,180

  • Montana: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $266,470

  • Nebraska: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $290,470

  • Nevada: Internists

    Average Salary: $260,100

  • New Hampshire: Physicians and Surgeons

    Average Salary: $275,840

  • New Jersey: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $285,850

  • New Mexico: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $287,680

  • New York: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $255,500

  • North Carolina: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $285,730

  • North Dakota: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $273,120

  • Ohio: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $285,000

  • Oklahoma: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $279,020

  • Oregon: Internists

    Average Salary: $251,050

  • Pennsylvania: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $278,010

  • Rhode Island: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $266,280

  • South Carolina: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $283,910

  • South Dakota: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $293,110

  • Tennessee: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $271,680

  • Texas: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $260,690

  • Utah: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $256,950

  • Vermont: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $277,550

  • Virginia: Surgeons

    Average Salary: $264,160

  • Washington: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $268,580

  • West Virginia: Anesthesiologists

    Average Salary: $281,000

  • Wisconsin: Obstetricians and Gynecologists

    Average Salary: $278,730

  • Wyoming: Internists

    Average Salary: $275,350

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Female PAs Still Paid Less than Male PAs

Female PAs earn $.91 to every dollar male PAs earn according to the newly released findings from the AAPA’s annual salary survey.

The results of the annual AAPA Salary Survey have been released, and they offer a stark look at pay disparities between male and female physician assistants.

The survey, which obtained responses from more than 8,000 PAs, found that full-time female PAs were, on average, being paid $13,380 less than their male counterparts, and that they were less likely to receive bonuses than male PAs—a rate of 40% for women and 53.4% for men. Even when taking into account other factors that could be expected to affect compensation, the survey found a 9% difference in pay between female and male PAs—or, to put it bluntly, female PAs earn $.91 to every dollar earned by male PAs.

The AAPA attributes this, in part, to more males entering the 52-year-old PA profession earlier than females, thus giving them more experience and seniority, which the survey found to result in higher compensation. However, the AAPA also notes, “The total compensation discrepancy begins almost immediately upon entering the profession—there is a disparity between male and female PAs in the first years of practicing as PAs. This difference may be exacerbated as PAs progress through their careers, since increases in pay are often based on increasing the previous salary by a certain amount, and new employers often base a PA’s starting pay in part on their previous salary. A compensation disparity that begins on a PA’s first day on the job could have lifelong implications for the PA.”

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Residency Choices Heavily Swayed by Salary

More than 90% of medical residents say that salary potential strongly swayed their choice of specialty in some way, according to a recent survey.

Nearly all medical residents—more than 90%—say that salary potential strongly swayed their choice of specialty in some way, according to a recent survey.

The survey, which was conducted by Medscape and polled more than 2,200 residents, found that the average resident earns $61,200, a 3% rise over the last two years, but less than half (47%) of residents feel they are being fairly compensated for their work.

The survey found that the highest paid specialty for residents is Medical Geneticists, taking the top spot with an average salary of $67,500. Allergy and Immunology and HIV/Infectious Diseases tied for the second highest paid specialties, with both offering an average salary of $66,500.

The least paid specialty reported was Family Medicine, with an average annual salary of $57,400, and nearly half of primary care residents stated that they plan to subspecialize, which does not lend much hope to the growing primary care physician shortage.

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