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With over 100,000 physicians contributing to the most comprehensive set of salary questions, Medscape's annual Physician Compensation Survey is the gold standard for physician salary information across the United States. Based on its popularity for over 10 years, we've brought the report to you in a dynamic, interactive format to easily compare salaries by specialty, practice setting, and location to create a report that is personalized to you.
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For employed physicians, base salary, bonus, and profit sharing contributions are included
For owners and partners, income is earnings after taxes (including deductible business expenses before income taxes)
All data is aggregated geographically to the nearest DMA (Designated Market Area) to ensure physician anonymity

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About Salary Explorer

With over 100,000 physicians contributing to the most comprehensive set of salary questions, Medscape's annual Physician Compensation Survey is the gold standard for physician salary information across the United States. Based on its popularity for over 10 years, we've brought the report to you in a dynamic, interactive format to easily compare salaries by specialty, practice setting, and location to create a report that is personalized to you.
Behind the data
Only full-time (non-resident) salaries are included in our data set.
For employed physicians, base salary, bonus, and profit sharing contributions are included
For owners and partners, income is earnings after taxes (including deductible business expenses before income taxes)
All data is aggregated geographically to the nearest DMA (Designated Market Area) to ensure physician anonymity

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