To become a doctor requires complete and extensive training. It’s not just about the years in college but also boarding school and social service. In this way, theory is complemented with practice in order to have a clear idea of what the care of patients and the various areas that make up a hospital entail. But beyond the vocation of service and wanting to help a community, one cannot lose sight of the fact that it is a job. For this reason, you should always demand to receive a fair and decent salary.
Although money should never be the top priority in deciding to be a healthcare professional, it is also not an issue to ignore. In the end, as in any job, there should always be a financial reward for performing work.
Continue with professional training
Now, within Medicine, studies do not end when you graduate from university. There is also the possibility of taking a specialty. The goal is to focus on a specific area of health. In the case of our country at least until this 2021 there are 27 direct input options available to choose from. However, the possibility of opening more alternatives for young people has been discussed.
There are many motivations that lead a general practitioner to study a specialty. Among the main ones are personal improvement but also being able to access to improve work options. When that happens naturally, you can receive a more attractive salary.
With the above in mind it is now worth knowing the payment that can be received. The first thing to consider is that the day is not the same in all specialties. In some there is greater wear than in others. While another difference is that the payment also varies.
How much do specialists earn?
On this topic, the Medscape portal published the results of its study Physician Compensation Report 2020. For the preparation of the report, 43 thousand doctors from various specialties living in the United States were surveyed. From their answers, the average salary of more than twenty medical specialties was obtained.
From the information provided, it is obtained that the following are the specialties that offer the most attractive pay. It is important to remember that the figure is expressed in dollars and corresponds to the monthly salary.
- Orthopedics – 511,000
- Plastic Surgery – 479,000
- Otolaryngology – 455,000
- Cardiology – 438,000
- Radiology – 427,000
- Gastroenterology – 419,000
- Urology – 417,000
- Dermatology – 411,000
- Anesthesiology – 398,000
- Ophthalmology – 378,000
While at the opposite extreme are the specialties with the lowest salaries. Again remember that the figure corresponds to the annual payment in dollars.
- Pediatrics – 232,000
- Public Health and Preventive Medicine – 232,000
- Family Medicine – 234,000
- Endocrinology – 236,000
- Infectology – 246,000
- Internal Medicine – 251,000
- Rheumatology – 262,000
- Psychiatry – 268,000
- Neurology – 280,000
- Immunology – 301,000