Pulmonology PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026
Somewhere in Oregon, a single Pulmonology listing is offering $600,000 a year.
Rheumatology PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026
Somewhere in Alabama, a single Rheumatology listing is quietly offering $450,000 — a flat figure, no range, no negotiation theater.
Pulmonary-Critical-Care PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026
A single posting in Kentucky — a state with exactly one Pulmonary Critical Care opening on the board — is paying $450,000 a year.
Urology PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026
Surgery PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026
Two surgical positions in California’s Central Valley — Modesto and Stockton, neither typically confused with Beverly Hills — are currently advertising up to $650,000 a year.
Radiology PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026
The highest-paying Radiology job in America right now is not in Manhattan, Malibu, or Miami.
Urgent Care Physician PhysEmp Salary Report: May 2026
Somewhere in Sunnyvale, California, an urgent care physician is being offered up to $395,000 a year to treat sore throats, sprained ankles, and the occasional patient who Googled their symptoms on the way in.
Visa Reversal Exposes Physician Pipeline’s Foreign Dependence
The Trump administration’s reversal of its visa freeze for foreign-trained physicians exposes the structural fragility of America’s physician pipeline and healthcare’s deep dependence on international medical graduates. This policy episode reveals how workforce planning has become hostage to immigration politics while domestic training capacity remains fundamentally inadequate to meet demand.