Cardiology PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
The lowest-paid Cardiology listing in America pays $233,388.
AI Scribes Deliver Modest Gains, Not Transformation
New multi-site research shows AI ambient scribes reduce documentation time by approximately 20%—meaningful but far below transformative expectations. Health systems must recalibrate productivity assumptions and compensation models while recognizing that clinician experience improvements may matter more than raw efficiency gains.
Rheumatology PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
Alabama is paying rheumatologists $450,000 per year.
Urology PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
Iowa is paying urologists $900,000.
Radiology PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
Someone in Normal, Illinois is offering $850,000 to read imaging studies.
Surgery PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
Ohio is offering Surgery physicians up to $545,000 annually.
Pulmonary-Critical-Care PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
Kentucky is paying $475,000 for dual-trained intensivists while New York—with nine times the job volume—is offering $325,000.
Pulmonology PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
Kentucky is offering half a million dollars annually to pulmonologists willing to relocate.
urgent-care-physician PhysEmp Salary Report: April 2026
Missouri — a state not typically associated with physician compensation leadership — is paying urgent care physicians $374,400 annually.
Specialty Pay Gaps Widen Amid Reimbursement Instability
Physician compensation is fracturing across specialty, gender, and ownership lines as Medicare reimbursement stagnation compounds structural pay disparities. From million-dollar gender gaps in ophthalmology to divergent five-year specialty trajectories, strategic positioning increasingly determines long-term earning potential.