"Ob/gyns practicing in the US told Medscape their compensation rose by roughly 5% on average in 2025. Doctors generally said their pay increased by about 3% on average last year, with average growth rates for both primary care physicians (PCPs) and medical specialists also in that neighborhood. Many physicians worry about inflation lately, and those average pay gains outpaced the annualized core inflation rate for the US of 2.7% at the end of 2025."
"The key drivers, Wells says, are rising individual physician productivity based on seeing more patients and generating more work relative value units (wRVUs), combined with improved technology-driven efficiency in their business offices. Practitioners in eight specialties topped $500,000 in total annual compensation. All of them except otolaryngology also reported $500,000-plus in income for last year's report."
"Compared to the previous year, ob/gyns more often said they felt fairly paid, and around 4 in 10 of them expected to finish 2025 with some level of compensation increase. (Note: Respondents were full-time physicians who practice in the US only, and they reported total compensation including base salary, incentive bonus, and other income such as profit-sharing contributions.)"
"Matthew Wells, PhD, a senior director at Alexandria, Virginia-based AMGA Consulting, saw 2025 as "a return to normalization" with doctor compensation and looks for "consistency with increases" moving forward. He linked the change to productivity and efficiency improvements that raise output and reduce administrative friction through technology in business offices."
Ob/gyns practicing in the US reported average total compensation rising by roughly 5% in 2025, similar to the prior year’s gains. Many physicians reported feeling fairly paid more often than the previous year, and about four in ten expected some level of compensation increase by the end of 2025. Average pay growth for doctors was around 3%, with primary care physicians and medical specialists showing similar neighborhood increases. These gains outpaced the US annualized core inflation rate of 2.7% at the end of 2025. Key drivers included higher physician productivity through more patients and more work relative value units, along with improved technology-driven efficiency in business offices. Eight specialties reported total annual compensation above $500,000.
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