Curious what other physicians make? LocumTenens.com presents its Annual Compensation and Employment Survey. Survey respondents represent physicians who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries. Physicians also weighed in on quality outcome metrics, patient satisfaction and how new measurements may impact their compensation.

2. LocumTenens.com conducted its Annual Compensation and
Employment Survey in 2014. Survey respondents represent
physicians who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as
those with permanent salaries.
Introduction

3. What’s in this report?
2014 Salary Statistics:
• Anesthesiology
• Emergency Medicine
• General Surgery
• Hospitalist
• Neurology
• OB/GYN
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Primary Care
o Family Practice
o Internal Medicine
o Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Radiology
Your Voice Matters –
Physician Perspectives
• Quality outcome metrics
• Patient satisfaction
• Physician ratings

4. Curious how much other
physicians made in 2014?

5. 2014 Average Annual
Anesthesiologist Salary:
$338,174

6. Anesthesiology
Our anesthesiology respondents are:
86%
16%
36%
25%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

7. Do the anesthesiology respondents
work locum tenens?

8. 2014 Average Annual Emergency
Medicine Physician Salary:
$338,174
Shifts per month: 4

9. Emergency Medicine
Our emergency medicine respondents are:
75%
25%
32%
59%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

10. Do the emergency medicine
respondents work locum tenens?

11. 2014 Average Annual
Neurologist Salary:
$240,594

12. Neurology
Our neurology respondents are:
74%
26%
22%
Hospital-based
22%
Group Practice
13%
Clinic/Community
Health Center

13. Do the neurology respondents
work locum tenens?

14. 2014 Average Annual
General Surgeon Salary:
$358,945

15. General Surgery
Our general surgery respondents are:
84%
16%
52%
27%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

16. Do the general surgery respondents
work locum tenens?

17. 2014 Average Annual
Orthopedic Surgeon Salary:
$406,915

18. Orthopedic Surgery
Our orthopedic surgery respondents are:
95%
5%
36%
36%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

19. Do the orthopedic surgery
respondents work locum tenens?

20. 2014 Average Annual
OB/GYN Physician Salary:
$406,915

21. OB/GYN
Our OB/GYN respondents are:
48%
52%
52%
27%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

22. Do the OB/GYN respondents
work locum tenens?

23. 2014 Average Annual
Diagnostic Radiologist Salary:
$375,811
2014 Average Annual
Interventional Radiologist Salary:
$391,815

24. Radiology
Our radiology respondents are:
75%
25%
35%
41%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

25. Do the radiology respondents
work locum tenens?

26. 2014 Average Annual
Psychiatrist Salary:
$214,804

27. Psychiatry
Our psychiatry respondents are:
61%
39%
19%
Hospital-based
20%
Group Practice
27%
Clinic/Community
Health Center

28. Do the psychiatry respondents
work locum tenens?

29. 2014 Average Annual Primary
Care Physician Salary:
Pediatrics: $167,425
Internal Medicine: $212,258
Family Practice: $194,158

30. Primary Care
Our primary care respondents are:
70%
30%
27%
32%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

31. In which fields do they specialize?

32. Do the primary care respondents
work locum tenens?

33. 2014 Average Annual
Hospitalist Salary:
$233,510

34. Hospitalist
Our hospitalist respondents are:
82%
18%
77%
9%
Hospital-based
Group Practice

35. Do the hospitalist respondents
work locum tenens?

36. What did physicians say about
quality outcomes, patient
satisfaction & new measurements?

37. Your Voice Matters
We asked physicians to give us their
perspectives on quality outcome metrics,
patient satisfaction and ratings and how those
things are impacting their competition.

38. Physicians indicated if their compensation
had been restructured to be weighted
by quality patient outcomes

39. Most physicians had their
compensation restructured around
bonus incentives.

40. Physicians indicated if their compensation
had been restructured to be weighted
by patient satisfaction scores

41. 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Think quality-based
reimbursement will
improve patient
outcomes
Think quality-based
reimbursement will not
improve patient
outcomes
Are unsure
Physician opinions on reimbursement based
on quality outcomes instead of patient volume

42. Physicians have varying opinions
about the transition of quality:

43. “Focus on quality in general
improves outcomes, even if those
outcomes are hard to measure.”

44. “Patient satisfaction
has little to do with
patient outcomes.”
“Focus on quality in general
improves outcomes, even if those
outcomes are hard to measure.”

45. “One would hope
that with improved
attention/increased
contact time there will
be a decrease in all
morbidity and mortality.”
“Patient satisfaction
has little to do with
patient outcomes.”
“Focus on quality in general
improves outcomes, even if those
outcomes are hard to measure.”

46. To learn more about
our compensation survey
results or to speak to a
physician recruiter, visit:

47. Methodology:
Invitations for the survey were emailed to a database totaling 88,680, which included physicians and CRNAs who
have been placed by LocumTenens.com and those who have not. Respondents to all surveys were self-selected
and spanned all 50 states and medical/surgical specialties. The survey yielded 2,963 respondents. The error range
for this survey was +/- 3 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.
About LocumTenens.com:
LocumTenens.com is a full-service staffing firm serving physicians, CRNAs, NPs and PAs searching for locum
tenens and permanent job opportunities, as well as healthcare facilities looking to solve employment shortages.
Experienced recruiters focus on the following high-demand specialty areas: anesthesia, emergency medicine,
obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, psychiatry, primary care (internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics and
hospitalist), psychology, radiology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, urology, surgery and most surgical sub-
specialties. The operator of the largest internet job board for the locum tenens industry, LocumTenens.com
provides job-seeking providers direct access to thousands of jobs, in all specialties, posted directly by facilities and
agencies nationwide. Whether you want to work with an agency recruiter, or conduct your own online search,
LocumTenens.com is obsessively dedicated to assisting with your search.