Full-time hospitalists who treat adults earn considerably more ($280,438) than their full-time pediatric colleagues ($212,500). Among those responding to our survey, pediatric hospitalists make up just 7% of the hospitalist workforce, while med-peds hospitalists account for 3%. Among hospitalists who treat children, 33% treat both children and adults while 67% treat only children.
How has your pay changed since last year?
Among full-time pediatric hospitalists who reported a change in their compensation over the previous year, their mean increase was 7.14%.
Where does your compensation come from?
While more than 38.1% of full-time pediatric hospitalists report earning 100% salary, that’s the case for only 23.3% of full-time hospitalists who treat adults.
How many consecutive days do you typically work?
What is the mean number of shifts you work per month?
Almost half (45.7%) of full-time pediatric hospitalists say they don’t earn income from extra shifts vs. just one-third (31.8%) of full-time hospitalists treating adults. As for moonlighting, only 10.8% of full-time pediatric hospitalists say they moonlight vs. 23.9% of full-time hospitalists treating adults.
How much did you receive in bonuses and incentives?
Source: 2016 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey
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