Trends in salaries of obstetrics-gynecology faculty, 2000-01 to 2008-09.
OBJECTIVE
We sought to determine whether downward trends in inflation-adjusted salaries (1989-99) continued for obstetrics and gynecology faculty.


METHODS
Data were gathered from the Faculty Salary Survey from the Association of American Medical Colleges for academic years 2001 through 2009. We compared median physician salaries adjusted for inflation according to rank and specialty.


RESULTS
While faculty compensation increased by 24.8% (2.5% annually), change in salaries was comparable to the cumulative inflation rate (21.3%). Salaries were consistently highest among faculty in gynecologic oncology (P < .001), next highest among maternal-fetal medicine specialists (P < .001), and were not significantly different between general obstetrics-gynecology and reproductive-endocrinology-infertility. Inflation-adjusted growth of salaries in general obstetrics-gynecology was not significantly different from that in general internal medicine and pediatrics.


CONCLUSIONS
Growth in salaries of physician faculty in obstetrics and gynecology increased from 2000-01 through 2008-09 with real purchasing power keeping pace with inflation.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC, USA.
William F
WF
Rayburn
Anne M
AM
Fullilove
James A
JA
Scroggs
Ronald M
RM
Schrader
D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006176:Gynecology / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic / Q000639:trends*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000191:economics*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States