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title: 5 Interesting Statistics on Female Physician Compensation
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# 5 Interesting Statistics on Female Physician Compensation

By [Anna Mueller, MS](https://blog.transonic.com/cardiothoracic-surgery/author/anna-mueller-ms)07 Oct 2019

![female physicians](https://blog.transonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/female%20physicians.jpg?width=300&name=female%20physicians.jpg)Though there is still a wage gap among physicians, the earnings for female physicians increased from 2018 to 2019, going from $203,000 per year for primary care physicians to $207,000 and from $263,000 for specialties to $280,000.

Here’s a look at some additional stats from [Medscape’s Female Physician Compensation Report](https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2019-compensation-female-physician-6011698#1).

![female physicians most rewarding](https://blog.transonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/female%20physicians%20most%20rewarding.png?width=800&name=female%20physicians%20most%20rewarding.png)

![female physicians time spent with patients (1)](https://blog.transonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/female%20physicians%20time%20spent%20with%20patients%20(1).png?width=800&name=female%20physicians%20time%20spent%20with%20patients%20(1).png)

![wage gap female physicians (1)](https://blog.transonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wage%20gap%20female%20physicians%20(1).png?width=800&name=wage%20gap%20female%20physicians%20(1).png)

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![female physician specialties](https://blog.transonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/female%20physician%20specialties.png?width=800&name=female%20physician%20specialties.png)

 

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