INFOGRAPHIC | Academic Medical Centers: Physician Workforce Insights

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Competition for physician talent remains high – especially within academic medicine.

Explore how AMCs are approaching compensation, productivity, work effort, and staffing strategies with a snapshot of the latest results from our longstanding Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey.

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2025 Median Clinical FTE by Rank and NIH Funding Level
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2025 Median Total Cash Compensation: AMC vs. Broad Market
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Median Total Cash Compensation by Academic Rank
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Key Takeaways

  • Higher funding levels are associated with reduced clinical FTE expectations
  • As AMCs address retention issues for mid-career faculty physicians, pay compression is narrowing the gap in total cash compensation between professors and associate professors
  • Compensation matters, but AMC retention is ultimately driven by the employee value proposition

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