Ophthalmologists—Financially—Doing Just Fine

Ophthalmologists, financially, do just fine—earning a mean income of $276,000, according to Physicians Salaries in 2013 published by Medscape. That makes them the 11th highest compensated physicians in the United States. A rarified few (13 percent) pull in more than $500,000, and an unfortunate few (12 percent) make less than $100,000. Here’s a kicker, male ophthalmologists earn 34 percent more than female, says the report. The regions where they get the best pay? Not the Northeast. Nor California. It’s the North Central (middle America), followed by the Northwest, Great Lakes Region, California, the Northeast. Salaries in the South trail. Read more. You will need to register with Medscape to see the report, though.