The average gastroenterologist in the United States will earn $417,000 this year, but medical specialties in general continue to show a significant salary gap between men and women.
The findings, from a survey conducted by Medscape, show that male specialists outearn their female counterparts by 33%—$372,000 versus $280,000 annually—which is a slight improvement over last year’s difference of 36%. Male specialists reported working an average of 9% more per week than their