Median compensation for general internists in group practice rose 5% from 2010 to 2011, according to a survey by the Medical Group Management Association.
In 2011, the median compensation for the 4,083 general internists responding to the survey was $215,689, compared with $205,379 in 2010. Pediatricians earned $203,948 in 2011 and family physicians not practicing obstetrics earned $200,114, the MGMA data show.
Median compensation for all primary care providers in group practice, including hospitalists, was $212,840 – an increase of 5.2% over 2010. For specialists, the median salary rose 7.7% to $384,467 in 2011. Among nonphysician providers, the median compensation of $102,770 was 6.4% higher than in 2010.
For 2011, the MGMA’s annual compensation and production survey includes data from 62,245 physicians and nonphysician providers in 2,913 group practices.
