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Hospitalists

Earnings

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reports that wages for physicians and surgeons are among the highest of all occupations. While the DOL does not specifically report earnings for hospitalists, it does report salary information for family and general practitioners and general internists. It reports that general internists had a median annual salary of $223,310, while family medicine practitioners earned $224,640 in 2023. Ten percent of physicians and surgeons-not otherwise classified earned $66,260.

Hospitalists earned average salaries of $321,000 in 2023, according to the Medscape Hospitalist Compensation Report. Medscape is a health care informatics firm.

Fringe benefits can include any of the following: paid holidays, vacations, and sick days; personal days; medical, dental, and life insurance; and retirement and pension plans.

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