Occupational medicine doctors’ salaries increase
The median annual salary of physicians practicing occupational and environmental medicine increased 5.3% each year since 1996, according to the American College of Occupa-tional and Environmental Medicine’s (ACOEM) biannual compensation survey. This result contrasts with results for the median income for all physicians in general, which declined 1.2% in 1997, as reported in the American Medical Association’s 1998 Socioeconomic Monitoring System Survey of Physicians.
The median annual salary of occupational medicine physicians was $143,800 in 1999, according to the ACOEM survey. The average annual salary was $157,065, up 9.2% per year since 1996 from $132,600. The number of occupational medicine physicians receiving bonuses and other additional forms of compensation also increased to 38% in 1998, compared to only 32% in 1996.
With the exception of California and Hawaii, occupational medicine physicians on the East Coast earned more than their counterparts on the West Coast. Those in California and Hawaii reported the highest average salaries at approximately $226,000. Physicians in the Northwest reported the lowest average salaries at approximately $154,000.
The average base salaries of occupational medicine physicians whose primary work setting was a corporation were only slightly higher than that of those who listed a hospital or urgent care center as their primary work setting. The difference between the average base salary of the two work settings was less than 1%.
[The full survey results are available from the ACOEM for a charge of $110 for ACOEM members and $150 for nonmembers. To order, contact the ACOEM publications department at 1114 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-4770. Telephone: (847) 818-1800, Ext. 387.]
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