Physician Starting Pay Hits $400,000 A Year

The average starting salary for physicians has eclipsed $400,000 on average with orthopedic surgeons “at the high end” at $576,000 and pediatricians on the “low end” of the pay scale at $258,000, according to an AMN Healthcare report. getty

The average starting salary for physicians has eclipsed $400,000 on average with orthopedic surgeons “at the high end” at $576,000 and pediatricians on the “low end” of the pay scale at $258,000, according to a new analysis.

AMN Healthcare’s 2025 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives shows starting salaries rising across all medical disciplines amid an ongoing physician shortage , related health professional burnout that is fueling a staffing crisis that started during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trends fueling the sh