March 4, 2026
Academic medical centers – let’s talk strategy.
Consider the following:
- Does faculty physician compensation support recruitment and retention?
- Do productivity levels support financial sustainability and growth?
- Does work effort allocation support patient access and the academic mission?
- Is APP compensation competitive compared to peers?
If these questions are top of mind – we have the data to help.
This infographic highlights key findings from the AMC Module of our Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey, reflecting data from more than 101,000 academic physicians and 58,000 APPs across 192 specialties.
Explore some highlights from the latest results!
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What does the data say?
Clinical Full-Time Equivalents by Specialty Area and NIH Funding Level
- Primary Care | All AMCs: 0.74 – Less than $400M NIH Funding: 0.78 – More than $400M NIH Funding: 0.63
- Pediatrics | All AMCs: 0.80 – Less than $400M NIH Funding: 0.80 – More than $400M NIH Funding: 0.60
- Hospital-Based | All AMCs: 0.85 – Less than $400M NIH Funding: 0.90 – More than $400M NIH Funding: 0.79
- Surgical | All AMCs: 0.85 – Less than $400M NIH Funding: 0.90 – More than $400M NIH Funding: 0.80
- Medical | All AMCs: 0.75 – Less than $400M NIH Funding: 0.80 – More than $400M NIH Funding: 0.60
Median Total Cash Compensation for Staff Physicians and All Faculty
- Primary Care | Broad Market: $308,000 – All AMC Faculty: $261,000 – More than $400M NIH Funding: $246,000
- Pediatrics | Broad Market: $334,000 – All AMC Faculty: $290,000 – More than $400M NIH Funding: $282,000
- Hospital-Based | Broad Market: $363,000 – All AMC Faculty: $413,000 – More than $400M NIH Funding: $396,000
- Surgical | Broad Market: $551,000 – All AMC Faculty: $503,000 – Less than $400M NIH Funding: $450,000
- Medical | Broad Market: $362,000 – All AMC Faculty: $347,000 – Less than $400M NIH Funding: $305,000
Median Base Pay and Total Cash Compensation* for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Combined
- Primary Care | AMC Base Hourly Rate: $65.45 – AMC TCC Hourly Rate: $67.63
- Hospital-Based | AMC Base Hourly Rate: $67.97 – AMC TCC Hourly Rate: $71.48
- Surgical | AMC Base Hourly Rate: $67.72 – AMC TCC Hourly Rate: $69.64
- Medical | AMC Base Hourly Rate: $66.03 – AMC TCC Hourly Rate: $67.61
- *TCC Hourly Rate calculated using 2,080 annual hours excluding premium
Learn more about our Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey!
For more than 30 years, this survey has been and continues to be the largest and most comprehensive physician compensation survey published.
Highlights include:
- Base salary and total cash compensation data as well as cost of benefits
- Productivity data and ratios, including work RVUs, collections, patient visits and panel sizes
- Value-based compensation approaches and amounts paid
- Data for multiple position levels from staff physicians to chairs
- National data reported by region, organization type, position level and specialty group
- Other data, including sign-on bonuses, retention bonuses, relocation assistance and other perquisites
- Data on over 231,000 individual physicians
- 500 participating hospitals, health systems and medical groups
