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National benchmark cells

General Surgery

20 published national cells for General Surgery. Every cell rests on 5 or more underlying records and carries its source, year, and record count. How these numbers are built.

National benchmarks

2025 national physician compensation data — full-time, incumbent physicians unless the metric row states otherwise (newly hired, academic). Percentiles are national; each row carries its record count.

Metricp25p50p75p90nYearSource
Total compensation ($/yr)National benchmarks$420,533$502,947$622,981—241920252025 national physician compensation data
Base salary ($/yr)National benchmarks$350,757$418,754$493,269—175120252025 national physician compensation data
Bonus and incentive pay ($/yr)National benchmarks$20,887$39,682$92,773—27720252025 national physician compensation data
Annual wRVUsNational benchmarks5,0146,9189,202—168520252025 national physician compensation data
Pay per wRVU ($/wRVU)National benchmarks$61.3$73.98$94.13—167520252025 national physician compensation data
Total compensation — newly hired, year 1 ($/yr)National benchmarks$325,000$406,817$450,717—20220252025 national physician compensation data
Total compensation — academic ($/yr)National benchmarks$168,427$372,976$474,326—36320252025 national physician compensation data
Signing bonus ($)National benchmarks$13,125$25,000$39,250—6020252025 national physician compensation data
On-call pay ($/yr)National benchmarks$15,000$53,000$95,343—38120252025 national physician compensation data
On-call daily rate ($/day)National benchmarks$1,000$1,250$1,650—26820252025 national physician compensation data
On-call hourly rate ($/hr)National benchmarks$39$52$225—6120252025 national physician compensation data
On-call weekend rate ($/day)National benchmarks$1,175$1,650$2,650—12120252025 national physician compensation data
On-call holiday rate ($/day)National benchmarks$1,000$1,650$2,650—11320252025 national physician compensation data

Corroborating public records

Independent government-record derivations (CMS, DOL, BLS). Each family answers a narrower question than the national benchmarks above — offered wages skew toward specific employer types, Medicare volumes are productivity proxies — and serves as a cross-check, not a replacement.

Offered base salary — labor condition filings

Metricp25p50p75p90nYearSource
Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record$79,963$350,000$465,083—352026DOL labor condition filings — offered wages
Offered base salary ($/yr)Public record$333,450$357,350$470,963—82025DOL public labor filings

Wage statistics — state and national surveys

Metricp25p50p75p90nYearSource
Annual wage ($/yr)Public record$159,805$381,019$502,363—493802025BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Medicare volume and payments — productivity proxies

Metricp25p50p75p90nYearSource
Annual wrvus medicarePublic record195453872—191002024CMS Medicare provider utilization (public use file)
Medicare payments per clinician ($/yr)Public record$20,038$39,200$67,758—210632024CMS Medicare provider utilization (public use file)
Medicare services per clinician (yr)Public record133260453—210632024CMS Medicare provider utilization (public use file)

Other published cells

Metricp25p50p75p90nYearSource
Total compensation ($/yr)Public record—————2026federal

Where does your rate land in these distributions

Enter one pay rate and get a percentile placement against the cells above — national benchmarks first, public-record cells when no matching national metric exists.

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