#WomenInMedicine, If you've been thinking that the gender pay gap in healthcare was going to be fixed anytime soon, these 10+ facts will give you pause. #Thread beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-i… @beckershr @amy_gottlieb
1. In 2020, the gender pay gap widened from 25.2 percent in 2019 to 28 percent, with female physicians earning on average $116,289 less than men annually, according to a Doximity report that analyzed 44,000 physician salaries. c8y.doxcdn.com/image/upload/P…
2. The gaps varied by specialty, where the widest pay gaps were for orthopedic surgery (an average pay gap of $122,677) and otolaryngology (an average pay gap of $108,905). c8y.doxcdn.com/image/upload/P…
3.There were zero specialties where women and men were paid the same, or women made > men. The smallest pay gaps were for nuclear medicine (an average pay gap of $9,255) and hematology (an average pay gap of $35,673). c8y.doxcdn.com/image/upload/P…
4.Female department chairs at public medical schools earned on average $70,000 to $80,000 less/year than men, a 2020 study published in JAMA Network Open found. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
5. Women who have held their Dept. chair positions for > 10 yrs earned $127,411 less than their male peers annually. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
6. In Maryland, male physicians earn $335,000/yr on average, vs $224,000 for women — a difference nearing 50%, according to a 2018 study of 508 physicians by the Maryland State Medical Society.
7. Gender pay gaps start at women's 1st job & follow them through their careers. The mean starting salary for male residents is $17,000 higher than for their female counterparts, according to a 2018 study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M1…
8. In 2021, women earned 84 cents for each $1 their male counterparts earned, according to a Pew Research report. Women had to work an additional 42 days in a year to pull in the same amount of $$ as men did. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021….
9. More men report being given clear expectations for success vs. women. Men 13% more likely to receive leadership skills training & 22% more likely to be assigned a formal mentor, according to report by DDI. ddiworld.com/research/leade…
10. Women are 19% less likely to be formally assessed (or ADDRESSED as "Dr.") than men. Women report higher levels of stress in the transition process. ddiworld.com/research/leade…
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