Physician Starting Salaries Range From $232,000 For Pediatricians To $565,000 For Orthopedic Surgeons

As of March 2022, average physician starting salaries by specialty ranged from an average of $232,000 for pediatricians to an average of $565,000 for orthopedic surgeons. Between 2021 and 2022, pediatrician starting salaries declined by 2%. Starting salaries for orthopedic surgeons increased by 3.3%.

Pediatrician starting average salaries ranged from $200,000 to $412,000. Starting average salaries for orthopedic surgeons ranged from $400,000 to $790,000. Average starting salaries for other specialties, and the ranges, were as follows:

• Family medicine: up 3.3% to an average of $251,000, ranging from $185,000 . . .
  
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