Whether you’re exploring physiatry as a career or seeking a new position, compensation is a key factor in your decision. This guide provides up-to-date insights on salaries, benefits, and trends, along with perspectives from practicing physiatrists. With this information, you can approach negotiations confidently and secure compensation that matches your skills and experience.
The Guide to Physiatry Compensation – All You Need to Know
PLEASE VISIT OPENINGS FOR COMPENSATION INFORMATION ON VARIOUS PRACTICE OPPORTUNITIES Physiatry Compensation Compensation Formulas Questions to Ask and Issues To Consider When Evaluating Compensation Plans Physiatrist (PM&R) Compensation Overview – 2024–2025 Sources: Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2025, Doximity Physician Compensation Report 2024; Physician Side Gigs; ZipRecruiter; MedScape; Marit Average Annual Compensation for Physiatrists On average,...
Spine Physiatry Compensation
A practicing physiatrist recently asked me about the best resources for interventional physiatry compensation information. Here’s what I told him: The best resource is the Medical Group Management Association’s compensation survey. The 2023 MGMA Compensation & Production Report (which is compiled based on 2022 data) estimates that the average PM&R salary is around $325,429. https://physiciansthrive.com/physician-compensation/physiatrist-palary-your-guide-to-compensation-in-physicial-medicine-and-rehabilitation.You might...
Physiatry Compensation and Bonus – RVU-based versus Income-based
With RVU-based compensation and bonus, either the practice or the employee may be shortchanged, as follows: Practice has many low-reimbursing payors – Practice is short-changed In practices with many self-pay (often becomes no-pay) or Medicaid patients (with its lower reimbursement), the practice may be shortchanged by tying compensation and bonuses to RVUs. Although the employed...
Executive Physiatry Medical Director Compensation
Recently a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician asked me the average compensation for an Executive Medical Director job. The vast majority of the physical medicine and rehabilitation positions we represent are clinical, not executive. According to salary.com, the average Executive Medical Director salary is $359,636 as of December 27, 2022, and the salary range typically...
Compensation . . . It’s More Than The Salary Amount
Physiatry jobs, they come in many shapes and sizes but one factor, cost of living, can make all the difference in the world. I’ll never forget a physiatrist with an opening in Las Vegas, NV. He told me that because of the lower cost of living in NV, that a doctor moving from CA to...
Physiatry Practice Opportunities
The number of physiatry practice opportunities is less this year because of COVID. There are sports medicine fellows who are open to general rehab positions and residents who want to do inpatient who are open to outpatient work. This applies to the urban areas and less so for more suburban or rural areas. There are...