What is the expected salary for a doctor?

Physician salary calculates the amount reported as direct compensation for tax purposes, excluding voluntary salary reductions. Salary, bonus and/or incentive payments, research stipends, honoraria, and distribution of profits were included physician salary. * Anesthesiology: $306,964 * Surgery, general: $255,438 * Obstetrics/gynecology: $233,061 * Psychiatry: $163,144 * Internal medicine: $155,530 * Pediatrics/adolescent medicine: $152,690 * Family practice (without obstetrics): $150,267 (This is from the Medical Group Management Association, Physician Compensation and Production Report, 2003, as reprinted in the Department of Labor's career outlook handbook.) Also note that self-employed physicians generally have higher salaries than salaried physicians. Also note that earnings vary according to region, hours worked, and experience. Here is more input from others: * salary depend on specialty. Surgeons make 200k+. Some surgeons (specialists) can make 400k+. Physicians make $105-170K depending on experience, location, and reductions. physician makes 125,000 for the goverment. Typically, neurosurgery or anything dealing with brain physiology & plastic surgery make around 500 dollars an hour.