Physicians & surgeons

Detailed Occupation

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2017 Workforce
877k
Average Age
46.7
Average Salary
$223,225

About

Physicians & surgeons are most often employed by the Hospitals industry. The average yearly wage for Physicians & surgeons was $223,225 in 2017.

The locations that employ the most Physicians & surgeons are N/A. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Physicians & surgeons are N/A.

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Physicians & surgeons workforce. Physicians & surgeons workforce in N/A was N/A people, of which N/A% were women and N/A% were men. Physicians & surgeons are paid most in Cayuga & Onondaga (South) Counties PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in N/A.

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The Physicians & surgeons workforce in N/A was N/A people (N/A% women and N/A% men). This implies an average annual growth of N/A% between N/A (N/A) and N/A (N/A).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Physicians & surgeons.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Minnesota ($254,890), Kansas ($252,456), and Wisconsin ($249,109).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$223,225
AVERAGE WAGE
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$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Physicians & surgeons earned an average of $223,225, $155,498 more than the average national salary of $67,727

Wage Distribution

Gender
0.345
WAGE GINI

In 2017, Physicians & surgeons had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.345, which is lower than the national average of N/A. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Physicians & surgeons (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Physicians & surgeons and on wages for those in the field. Hospitals is the industry that employs the most Physicians & surgeons, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Physicians & surgeons, by average wage, is Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing ($327,210).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
877k
2017 Workforce
± 22,918
1.89%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 3.65%

This graphic shows the share of Physicians & surgeons employed by various industries. Hospitals employs the largest share of Physicians & surgeons at 51.8%, followed by Offices of physicians with 36.9% and Outpatient care centers with 7.43%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Physicians & surgeons in the US. The workforce of Physicians & surgeons in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men. The average age of male Physicians & surgeons in the workforce is N/A and of female Physicians & surgeons is N/A, and the most common race/ethnicity for Physicians & surgeons is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Physicians & surgeons in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were N/A years (N/A people), N/A years (N/A  people), and N/A years (N/A people). Among them they concentrated N/A% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In N/A, N/A% of Physicians & surgeons workers were Hispanic and N/A% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (23.6%), Puerto Rican (22.6)%, and Cuban (12.9)%

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Races

In N/A, 70.3% of the Physicians & surgeons workforce were White, of which 33.2% were women and 66.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (20.9%) and Black (5.32%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Physicians & surgeons from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Physicians & surgeons is Biology but the most specialized major according to RCA in N/A were N/A.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Physicians & surgeons in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Biology (400,929 people), Health (115,205 people), and Physical Sciences (74,291 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Physicians & surgeons workers were Graduate Degree (857,771 people), Bachelors Degree (14,755 people), and High School or Equivalent (1,819 people).

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