WORKING EXTRA SHIFTS? How much does a hospitalist’s annual compensation come from working additional work hours?
According to data from our 2023 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey, hospitalists who treat adults and who received any compensation from working more shifts got 11.4% of their total pay from working those additional hours.
Here’s a look at how much income specific groups of hospitalists—by region, employment model and years in the specialty—earned from extra shift work:
• Income from extra shifts was slightly above average for nonacademic hospitalists (12.5% of their total pay) and slightly lower for academic hospitalists (10.1%).
• Hospitalists working for local hospitalist groups saw the biggest percentage of total income from working more shifts (15.9%). The percentage was lowest for hospitalists in universities and medical schools (10.2%).
• Hospitalists in the Northeast saw the lowest amount of compensation from extra shifts (5.0%). Hospitalists in the Midwest saw the highest percentage: 13.2%.
• Income from working extra shifts was higher among full-time hospitalists (12.3%) than part-time hospitalists (8.2%).
• Nocturnists reported earning considerably more of their income from extra shifts: 16.2%.
• Hospitalists who reported being very satisfied with their careers saw more money from extra shifts (14.8%) than those who said they are satisfied (10.9%).
• Younger hospitalists reported earning slightly more of their pay from working extra shifts. For hospitalists in the specialty between three and four years, 14.0% of their annual income came from picking up additional shifts. For hospitalists with 20-plus years of experience, on the other hand, that percentage was 10.4%.
For more on compensation for hospitalists, see our survey survey results.
