Overall, the average physician salary—including both primary doctors and specialists—was $313,000 annually, according to the 2019 Medscape Physician Compensation Report. Not only is this an impressive average salary, but it's also a significant increase from salary averages reported by Medscape in 2015.

Do doctors actually make a lot of money?

In the 2018 Medscape Physician Compensation Survey, the average physician salary is somewhere between $223,000 and $329,000. ... The reason for this very wide range is that some physicians (like a pediatrician or general internist) might earn $150,000 to $200,000.

What is the highest paid doctor?

According to the latest statistics, physicians working in the orthopedics specialty are the highest earning doctors in the US, with an average annual income of US$511K.