Cardiologists are the highest paid professionals in medicine, averaging $170 per hour for an annual average salary of $353,970, according to a new Forbes report.
Radiologists’ $145 an hour, or $301,720 annually, lands their specialty in seventh place.
The popular business magazine presents average paychecks of some 50 jobs under the category of “healthcare practitioners and technical occupations” in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) database.
Bringing up the rear at No. 50 are therapists other than radiation therapists (No. 33 at $94K per year) and therapists providing physical, occupational and respiratory care.
The article’s author, Forbes contributing writer Andrew DePietro, notes several interesting trends he came upon. For example, the most common setting in which cardiologists practice is physician offices.
However, the industry in which cardiologists earn the most money is actually outpatient care centers, where the average cardiologist salary is $366,520—over $10,000 more per year than the average for cardiologists overall.”
Similarly, DePietro found anesthesiologists earning the highest pay in their specialty when working in outpatient care centers.
Here are the top 25 healthcare jobs with average annual earnings, according to Forbes:
1. Cardiologists—$353,970
2. Anesthesiologists—$331,190
3. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons—$311,460
4. Emergency Medicine Physicians—$310,640
5. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric—$306,220
6. Dermatologists—$302,740
7. Radiologists—$301,720
8. Surgeons, All Other—$297,800
9. Obstetricians and Gynecologists—$296,210
10. Pediatric Surgeons—$290,310
11. Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric—$270,090
12. Neurologists—$267,660
13. Orthodontists—$267,280
14. Pathologists—$267,180
15. Psychiatrists—$249,760
16. General Internal Medicine Physicians—$242,190
17. Family Medicine Physicians—$235,930
18. Physicians, All Other—$231,500
19. Nurse Anesthetists—$202,470
20. Pediatricians, General—$198,420
21. Dentists, All Other Specialists—$179,400
22. Dentists, General—$167,160
23. Podiatrists—$158,380
24. Prosthodontists—$143,730
25. Pharmacists—$125,690
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Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations.