The salary of physicians in Chinese public tertiary hospitals: a national cross-sectional and follow-up study

Table 2 Average annual salary by physicians’ characteristics in 2015

Item	Average annual salary (US$)	95% CI	p value
Region			< 0.001
East	18,984	18,768-19,200
Central	12,840	12,636-13,056
West	13,872	13,656-14,076
Gender			< 0.001
Male	14,832	14,544-15,120
Female	12,912	12,696-13,128
Age, years			< 0.001
≤ 30	9108	8928-9288
31–40	13,200	12,984-13,416
41–50	18,132	17,652-18,612
≥ 51	19,848	18,936-20,760
Years in practice			< 0.001
< 10	11,016	10,848-11,172
10–19	16,380	15,984-16,776
≥ 20	18,852	15,996-19,416
Education			< 0.001
Bachelor’s degree and below	11,676	11,412-11,940
Master’s	12,060	11,844-12,276
Doctorate	19,644	19,188-20,100
Technical title			< 0.001
Resident	8940	8784-9096
Attending	13,356	13,116-13,596
Associate chief	17,400	16,944-17,856
Chief	20,880	20,148-21,612
Management position			< 0.001
Yes	20,544	19,872-21,216
No	12,684	12,516-12,852
Specialty			< 0.001
Internal medicine	12,372	12,084-12,648
Surgery	14,916	14,448-15,384
Obstetrics	13,968	13,536-14,400
Paediatrics	12,240	11,736-12,744
Emergency medicine	13,680	12,864-14,496
Traditional Chinese medicine	11,748	11,004-12,492
Otolaryngology	17,664	16,752-18,576
Anaesthesiology	15,600	14,808-16,392
Ophthalmology	18,156	16,644-19,668
Stomatology	15,852	14,784-16,920
Other	10,788	10,236-11,340

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