15 highest paying specialties for female physicians

Female radiologists make the most on average of any physician specialist where more than 1 percent of all specialists are female, according to the Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2017.

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Here is the breakdown of specialist compensation for female physicians:

 

1. Radiology: $344,000
2. Dermatology: $339,000
3. Cardiology: $327,000
4. General surgery: $315,000
5. Oncology: $312,000
6. Gastroenterology: $308,000
7. Anesthesiology: $308,000
8. Emergency medicine: $303,000
9. Plastic surgery: $301,000
10. Ob/gyn: $270,000
11. Ophthalmology: $267,000
12. Pathology: $264,000
13. Critical care: $264,000
14. Nephrology: $229,000
15. Psychiatry: $212,000

 

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