5 highest paying physician specialties — Neurosurgeon No. 1 at $401k

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PayScale reports real-time salary data from over 54 million reports from job seekers, fact checking the data against private and public compensation data.

Here's how average pay ranges for five physician specialties stack up:

1. Neurosurgeon: $401,499

2. Cardiothoracic surgeon: $387,451

3. Invasive cardiologist: $382,361

4. Orthopedic surgeon: $375,091

5. Gastroenterologist: $309,604

 

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