Highest Paid Doctor Specialties in 2024 (All Over 500K)

[@kingali1606]

It's pretty crazy that people spend so much of their lives to get to this point, you've really gotta be determined.

[@tab8294]

Still people think doctors only focus on money they don't see the hardwork

[@MrFaleh1129]

That’s if you don’t fail or reschedule or just drop a semester or a year because of some circumstances It actually takes longer for some And med school while it’s 4 years in the US take into consideration that you need a bachelor before perusing an MD which that adds 4 years It’s wild

[@maximayette4231]

Physicians. tend to like what they do. That is why you see a lot of them working in their 60s despite being financially independent.

[@smellypatel5272]

Speaking as a medical student ... It's not worth it. Better career paths for similar money and much better lifestyle. From med school and even in attending life you're on a nonstop hustle with little sleep and treated poorly by other medical staff and higher ups. Also insanely expensive to become a doctor.

[@reddbendd]

Advance practice providers can make 100% of the physicians salary when they bill insurance Also, it can only take 7 years to become a PA or less than that to become an APRN

[@Fraciencwa94]

We just hope that we get to our dreams and manage to help out communities

[@ALEXANDER57370]

I got to know more about these different specialities alondside their paychecks ! Their time periods of residencies, their expertise & their work life balance hours ⌛. All these information I got in brief too ❤! Thank you very much Dr. Kevin Jubbal for such nice, useful & informative video👍🏿✌🏾❤😃☺!

[@nicoleftamer]

Diagnostic Radiologists do take call!!! Imaging never stops and we work nights and weekends and have to be on call for fluoroscopic cases.

[@fahad-xf2tb]

It’s crazy that dermatology is no longer there

[@pum-pururum-tum]

Finally

[@Runningmaster2025]

Very fascinating and cool to learn the amount of education physicians need.

[@wholeNwon]

Training.

[@aneita01]

Video on the Difference Between Pathologist and Medical Examiner

[@EBMisKing]

There already is one

[@aneita01]

@@EBMisKing Saw It Thank You...Still Need A Video On What Is The Difference

[@Mein_KampfyChair]

​@@aneita01Medical examiner is specifically a forensic pathologist, which is a fellowship after the standard pathology residency program

[@abrahamdamilola1542]

Please do “so you want to be a vascular surgeon" been waiting on this for months 😭😭

[@savidyaakini2944]

Same 😭

[@talaljaber9846]

Vascular surgery is probably one of the most if not the most dynamic specialty in medicine but is so overlooked due to its bad reputation. I don't think there is a specialty that takes ownership of their disease processes as much as Vascular does. The width and breadth of Vascular surgery is astonishing. It includes management of carotid artery disease, thoracic outlet syndrome, dialysis access, lower limb reconstruction and ischemia (you can do rotational flaps and skin grafts if you want to but do you want to bear the consequences ... up to you), diabetic foot management, thoracic and abdominal aortic diseases, spine access surgery (you provide neurosurgeons and ortho with anterior access to the spine), and visceral arterial diseases and venous conditions (which are very fun endovascular cases). Not to mention the vascular trauma cases as well. The best part is that you get to manage those from 4 different perspectives! The open surgical, endovascular therapy, medical therapy and even diagnostics (vascular surgeons own the Vascular lab not the radiologists.. so they get paid to read duplexes and other vascular diagnostic studies). The open surgical aspect of vascular is being challenged these days as endo is getting more and more advanced but there is a lot of nuances to this... with the evolution of abdominal robotics I believe its a matter of time until Davinci creates instruments for blood vessel control and here there will be a role for Vascular surgeons to directly repair arteries extraluminally through robotic assistance just like the good old days but with less gore outcomes... this will take at least 10 years if there is a blueprint in the first place to launch this field. There is a small yet slowly developing paradigm to merge cardiac and vascular that no one knows about ... Vascular PDs would not like it but it's there and have produced TRUE Cardiovascular Surgeons. The problem with Vascular in my opinion is #1 the reputation and #2 which like any other subspecialty branching out of gen surg is the weakness to control more of the technology (i.e losing endoscopies to GI, Cardiac surgery not capitalizing on the Cath lab, and Vascular not exclusively taking endovascular under their wing). Other problems is the call schedule... Vacular surgery is a small community of a highly demanding specialty and when you are 1-2 Vascular surgeons in 1 hospital that is very challenging! The other aspect is the rate of amputation to limb salvage ... it's true ur patient will need one at some point which is very disheartening to the surgeon but you have to do what you have to do :( . The toe nibbling is also something worth mentioning (Orthobros don't want to nibble on ischemic toes due to bad outcomes... they like to have good outcomes all the time I mean who doesn't right? Vasc surgeons have to do it ... because they own the condition although toe amps are not a core vascular practice principle but when you train as a General surgeon you can do anything and work anywhere with enough practice

[@abrahamdamilola1542]

@talaljaber9846 Wow this is the most detailed explanation of vascular surgery. Thank you

[@esimpunga]

Very well explained. Thank you

[@cherry-g9s]

I have been waiting for this for months

[@aweisen1]

Just don’t make your choice of specialty based on this average salary video.

[@whazzas5023]

It should be noted that these are United States physicians' salaries. US Physician salaries are higher due to the medical school tuition costs being very high and having very long courses of training as well as the fee for service physician payment model that incentivizes highly reimbursed procedures. It should also be remembered that due to the progressive federal income tax (along with many times hefty state and local taxes) that up to 50% of these salaries are taken by taxes. The 500K interventional radiologist salary doesn't look as prodigiously higher than the 235K PCP salary when you remove taxes (250K versus 141K after tax). Lifestyle inflation also affects many physicians in the highest income tier. They feel they deserve to live in the most expensive neighborhood or send their kids to the finest private schools which quickly gobbles up the remainder of their after-tax income advantage. The lowest compensated doctors also start earning their attending salaries earlier than the highest paid subspecialists that have many more years of training. A PCP that is careful with their money and learns how to invest can achieve a higher net worth than a Plastic Surgeon.

[@Waterfront975]

I think orthopedic surgeons gets so well paid because they have to be smart and be good with their hands. Some people are smart and some are good with their hands, not so many are good with both. I think perhaps a similar job is like a pilot for a big jetplane, where they have to know both theory and practice.

[@ToBeLoved7652]

It would be great if you could compare how much the pediatric equivalent of all these specialties make

[@sergiosaucedo5834]

Much much less….

[@owen-bg3ic]

Gonna to try to become a sport ortho, I will come back to this in about 15 years

[@tapep225]

It’s not the years you have to worry about my guy. It’s how hard you have to study day in and day out it’s something you can’t even comprehend until you go through it.

[@bhadsxht]

@@tapep225 hard work pays off.

[@michaelscott33]

As I’m sure everyone is aware, these salaries will vary GREATLY based on what you are looking for in your field. Where I trained, internal medicine hospitalist physicians STARTED at $430,000 per year with quarterly bonuses of 10% and the group had a 100% bonus rate at the time I completed my training, making their annual earnings at least $590,000 prior to the incentive pay, as well. Cardiologists were cleaning $800,000 and the neurosurgeons and CTS were well into the 7 figures. However, if you go to an established academic training hospital, then your pay will drop precipitously.

[@stanstraykids2092]

Which state did you work in, if you don't mind me asking? Also which hospitals (aside from non-academic training hospitals) offer these types of salaries?

[@emeksb4823]

Please I’m begging for your response

[@Doodfood.]

Also understand that just cause your salary is higher doesn’t mean your hourly is higher you could be working a lower hourly but with more hours

[@BRosen2004]

A clarification about clinical cardiac electrophysiology. EP is a procedural subfield of cardiology. Most time is typically spent operating in the EP lab (e.g. catheter-based arrhythmia ablations, implantation of cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators) with a day or two spent in clinic each week. However, despite being a procedural field, unlike interventional cardiology, 3am calls are not typical of EP.

[@wholeNwon]

I did thousands of those procedures and, believe me, wearing lead for hours gets tiring very fast.

[@karinapikhart5384]

I heard somewhere that salary variance/range within a specialty (based on geography, practice type, etc.) is greater than variance/range between specialties. Wondering if you've done a video about this, or if you could speak to this someday!

[@Globaljackfruit]

Great video. You should do a video on intraspecialty salary variation

[@colecimoch4574]

No derm is wild

[@skirmisher10]

Well considering if you’re not a Mohs surgeon, it’s all Clinic, it makes a lot of sense. All the ones listed a procedural heavy. Derm isn’t really. But salary is still great + lifestyle is great

[@smellypatel5272]

​@@skirmisher10most dermatologists I know of are procedure heavy for that reason. It's a bit silly to go off of general Derm salaries when most people go into derm with the intention of doing procedures in order to make good money while having good lifestyle

[@michaelscott33]

The procedures in Derm are not the type of “procedures” that pay very well. They’re mostly just biopsies. The attraction to Derm is the lifestyle, not necessarily the pay. They’ve never been the highest paid.

[@Alex_Amoroso]

@@smellypatel5272this requires clarification, the procedures they are doing are highly billable procedures.

[@skirmisher10]

@@michaelscott33 well said!

[@drulvihasanov]

What a video! 😮😊

[@wholeNwon]

I think that was a very good description. However the earned incomes varied significantly from those in my area on the east coast. My income in private practice accepting insurance assignment for full payment and treating most uninsured pts. free of charge varied from $1.5 to $2.0 million. I was in demand for diagnostic studies, including nuclear and procedures. One of my friends is a diagnostic radiologist and a partner in a large practice. He usually earns over $2 million/yr. Didn't Denton Cooley make $20 million? But I never asked him and could be wrong about that. Unfortunately, hospitals and venture capital groups are "rolling up" practices and reducing payments.

[@deletedaccount4453]

How does anesthesiology look on this list?

[@raiden1425]

ehh probs top 15? roughly 450k

[@MrSandChess]

Anesthesiologists are easily in the $450k-$550k in 2024. Even more depending on location and practice.

[@Thedentduo]

DDS/DMD. Both degrees are identical in dentistry depending on what state you attend dental school

[@eyoatamerkihun5599]

I know Trauma surgeons are well compensated but it's neither listed here nor in the Doximity 2024 report. Why? Is it not considered as a sub speciality? Give me your expert opinion on this one. Thanks.

[@zerorayne4782]

Will you do a video on Aerospace Medicine subspecialty?

[@AhmedAhmed-gx4zs]

OMFS is the best one❤

[@JavierMartinez-du7ww]

video on side hustles or other jobs physicians may do to earn extra income! thank you in advance!

[@perniciousvillager9575]

If there's a 'Highest Paid Doctor' video, could there be a 'Lowest Paid Doctor' video? I've been searching this for a while now, but all I can see is the outdated version.

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

We’re working on it! It will be released next month.

[@perniciousvillager9575]

@@MedSchoolInsiders Nice! looking forward into it!

[@MrSandChess]

Highest Paid: Neurosurgery Lowest Paid: Pediatrician and Medical Genetics Saved you a whole 10 minute video.

[@amateur-surgeon-skillz]

Would be nice to hear more information about General Thoracic, I hear that lifestyle is way better than CT surgery

[@chiefchirpa561]

Please do pharmacist next!!

[@benkl494]

how come opthamology in the u.s isnt that high payed? in most of the countries its usually top 3-5

[@bluethunder9102]

Depends on sub speciality general around 350-400, retina and oculoplastics make 600k+

[@benkl494]

@@bluethunder9102 tnx. what about cornea and refractive? any formal analysis of optho?

[@bluethunder9102]

@@benkl494 I’m not sure about those areas in particular, however setting prob mattes more. Academic is always going to pay less than private practice.

[@owenrthornton]

OMFS 4 vs 6 year program - should have a video n this. Is it just a prestige difference? I see some job postings require the MD but honestly I don’t know if it’s needed 😊

[@maximayette4231]

There might be a prestige difference because of the additional MD degree.

[@bluethunder9102]

Eh maybe? I’ve shadowed OMFS. If you’re not into academics why waste time and money when your scope is the same.

[@Exposingwokes]

Interventional cardiology not in list yet making upwards of 1 million per year

[@Xxxd25]

Do they make that kind of money tho i heard they’re one of the most well paid specialists

[@iamshamarbutler3288]

This list is more medium salaries, not highest. CT and Neuro are coming out of training with high 6 figs contract and 7 figs second year…according to surgeons I spoke with!

[@Xxxd25]

@@iamshamarbutler3288 7 figs wow

[@Xxxd25]

@@iamshamarbutler3288 7figs is insane

[@wholeNwon]

That is true.

[@Harmony1112]

Is it possible to match into orthopedic residency after completing the 6 years of OMFS residency ? if yes, would it be possible to practice both ?

[@owenrthornton]

Yes it is possible and makes sense to do both in some ways taking on cases on the spine perhaps overlapping with the neck. But I don’t think residency programs like this intention they like dedication to a field and possible fellowship after for specialized stuff like OMFS can do specialization in head and neck or neck oncology or thyroid etc

[@Harmony1112]

Thanks ​@@owenrthornton

[@mayahrobinson2024]

Hey. I'm a high school student who may want to be a premed student if I can. I was wondering if I could suggest a video on the best specialties if you want variety in procedures and types of work? It's important for me to know that not only does my job save lives, but it also gives me variety so I'm not doing the same things again and again. I think that would also contribute to my burnout statistics.

[@MrSmackle30]

everything becomes routine at some point. Get into med school then think about the specialties you like, you wont understand them until youre at that level anyway.

[@HafsaAhmad-r8e]

They deserve everything they earn for all their hard work and hard studying.

[@CytotoxicTCell]

How reliable is this data compared to MGMA?

[@vluberi]

I hope to be a neurosurgeon soon !

[@tapep225]

Radiologist spend most of their time at home.

[@wholeNwon]

It's true that many diagnostic radiologists work from home these days.

[@Loop_hole1]

Can you do So you want to be a chronic pain physician? I want to know how much they make and what they do?

[@mubnathan5147]

I cannot believe Ophthalmology was not in the list

[@zeyadmohamed6315]

It would be in Canada

[@wholeNwon]

It is an exceptionally interesting field, does a lot of good and can be extremely lucrative as well. One of my friends is very busy and earns over 2 million/yr.

[@oloKaschi]

Ophthalmology?!

[@ARADHYAPATRO]

Yes Neurosurgery is the richest surgical specialties.... I like to study Neurosurgery. - Mohit Patro

[@madtac9904]

What undergraduate degrees are pathways to doctor of medicine graduate degree? I've seen that health science and biomedical sciences (bachelor's degree) for undergraduates upon successful completion can lead to further studies such as ( MD ) and a bunch other is that right?

[@MrSandChess]

Most Medical Schools will have websites where they post the necessary requirements to apply to their program, but the main requirement is to have an undergraduate degree and the required pre-medical courses. These are usually General Chemistry (I and 2), Organic Chemistry (1 and 2), Biology, Physics (1 and 2), and Biochemisty. Some schools may require more courses and some may require less, but those are the general courses that serve as a base for the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test).

[@Anurag_19-2gk]

Sir orthopaedic surgen special vedio plz ❤

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

check out our So You Want to Be an Orthopedic Surgeon video!

[@The0ffical._.Chad.]

I want to be a neurosurgeon, but I don’t think I’m smart enough

[@trynafindaplaceinthisworld]

Don’t ever say that about yourself. You can put anything you put your mind to. You just have to put enough work in and pray lol and everything will hopefully go your way 💗💗💗

[@dhruvbamaniya8502]

Working hour 😞

[@MorganSpam]

Its less cool than it looks

[@tab8294]

​@@MorganSpamit's supercool mann

[@user26344]

being a doctor isn't about being smart. it's about working hard, trust me

[@sparktaylor8489]

Wait did Dermatology and Anesthesia fall off that hard?!?? That's Absolutely Wild

[@Flowmada]

I know right? Dermatology has one of the best quality of life. Anesthesiologist I am guessing is not far from Nurse saturation and AI trials for it are currently being conducted to replace Anesthesiologist as a position. Who knows how long until it is approved

[@Drkorimd]

They didn''t. I'm not sure why he didn't post the current anesthesiology salaries. The starting salaries for brand new attending are well over 550K/year. There is a huge anesthesiologist short in the US at this current time.

[@michaelscott33]

Derm is a great lifestyle…that’s about it.

[@WayneDearmond-o7q]

To be a medical examiner😊

[@josechacon6015]

Yes! I am also interested in being an ME also!

[@benochibenocho]

Are any of those possible for FMGs or 250ish score

[@zeshanfahim3228]

Cardiology and Gastroenterology generally since they are fellowships after IM residency

[@ebubechiibegbula5968]

So Anaesthesia and ICU is less than 500k😢

[@Nabonidus-m7x]

Imagine being sad to be making 218k. I get it's like 150k after taxes but still. Oh to be an American.... 😢

[@Emily-hd9sm]

Well yes, but that's with an average of $200,000 - $300,000 in debt, spending your 20s and early 30s in rigorous training, 60 hour work weeks, malpractice costs, and very significant job responsibilities compared to your average corporate office worker!

[@Nabonidus-m7x]

@@Emily-hd9sm you've got a point

[@MostHatedSkattt]

I go to UAB and hope to become a orthopedic surgeon

[@The0ffical._.Chad.]

Real.

[@Riswaneyy]

How can i become a doctor in US after completing MBBS from India

[@MrSandChess]

You need to start with taking the USMLE STEP exams. Then you will have to apply to The Match (NRMP) through the ERAS section of the AAMC’s website. This process starts in July and applications are sent in September. If it is possible for you to get any rotations or clinical experience in the U.S. will definitely boost your chances of matching into a residency position in the U.S. Once your applications to your desired specialty are submitted, you’ll hear back from the programs interested in your application for an interview, and during MATCH day in March of the following year, you find out if you were able to secure a position based on your personal ranking of the programs and the program’s ranking of you. The process is very expensive, but there’s a whole subreddit dedicated to international medical graduates (IMG) where you can find tips and other people’s experiences. Good luck.

[@Callmeromain2016]

Who else wants to be a CT surgeon?

[@winifredogoke8750]

this is a sign cause i always wanted orthopedics!!!!!

[@vivek-kw1ix]

Psychiatry ?

[@archieeboyy]

I don't think that's one of the highest paid doctors, it's one of the residences I'm thinking about tho 😓

[@booteeGobblin]

I've read that when hours worked are equated, the gap is much smaller, and many psychiatrists make as much or more per hour than surgical specialities. They just don't work as much, probably because they value their mental health lmao

[@maximayette4231]

300-400k/yr

[@Shadow12aven]

I mean, DIEP cases are 8-11 hours long

[@stanislavkharkiv6813]

You want to make me cry, right?

[@luisnavarro9763]

Anesthesia didnt even make it to this list😭

[@saraa3433]

can you please talk about nephrology..you never speak about it

[@Rainbowofthefallen]

💙

[@Benessa_]

i wish i could do neurosergury lol idc if i work for majority of my life

[@sarazohar4923]

Hi you missed anesthesiologist who make 700 k

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

$495,000 on average in the latest Doximity report for anesthesiologists.

[@ganger2660]

all you sad young ego-driven premeds: save yourself pain and pick a different career

[@hongkaiwang5321]

What about pain?

[@Therapy-king]

First 🎉🎉

[@eylularisoy6]

FUTURE NEUROSURGEON HERE!

[@sebjay2810]

I’m sad that Anesthesiologist isn’t here

[@maximayette4231]

He is probably using MGMA salary data. They use salary of physicians in hospital settings, private practice and academia to calculate the median and average salary of all specialties. Academia salary is usually around 20-30% lower and that tend to decrease the median salary. I don't know any anesthesiologist who makes < 500k/yr. A couple of them that I attended med school with are making 600-700k/yr working 50-55 hrs/wk.

[@wuJuu31]

​@@maximayette4231i thought high paying jobs like this are have very long working hours.

[@Drkorimd]

I'm not sure why he doesn't either. Anesthesiologists' salaries are well over 550k/year (non-fellowship trained) at the moment.

[@hanzalashaikh6577]

Can you please make a "so you want to be a crna" video please?

[@DapperDoc]

He used an AI voice program

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

If only it were that easy for us 🥲. Dr. Jubbal still records every video.

[@AK_AF_LB]

Not all physicians are MDs. Using MD as a collective term screams AI generated. MD/DO is a more accurate term.

[@nepaligamers8035]

10:14 i need this after 7 years😅

[@DarioPalharesMelo]

Sorry, but there is no 'highest paid specialty'. A specialty per si will NOT give such amount of money. What brings so much money is having the intelligence in managing a company; in the case of the video, a medical company offering a specialty with fewer concurrents compared to other specialties. Management is a kind of intelligence; the mathematics needed to pass the SAT, Enem, vestibular is of another kind of intelligence. Sometimes, a given person is both very good in mathematics and very good in business management, but not always. For example, here in Brazil what is giving such amount of money is not exactly having the 'correct' specialty, but opening and managing popular clinics - that is clinics with fair and acessible prices - in the peripheral neighborhoods.

[@MrSandChess]

For a lot of these specialties working for a hospital group would be enough to earn the stated salaries without the administrative work of owning a business. This applies to some but not all. Granted, this would result in less desirable work hours and less flexibility for work days.

[@jp32123]

You and Mehlman Medical are no different. Both of y’all chickened out from practicing medicine.

[@sakshiyadav304]

neurosurgeon

[@mbekka1]

these numbers are way exagerated,, not true at all,, maybe for neuro and heart surgeons yes , others nooo,, in 300k max or 4ook and take off 40 to 50 percent tax and expeneses and student loans

[@MedSchoolInsiders]

Numbers are based on Doximity's 2024 Physician Compensation Report.