10. Emergency Medicine
Score: 18
Deciding for emergency medicine is outright ludicrous. Not only that you’d have to put up with uncertain working hours, but you’ll have a very responsible job of saving people’s lives on a daily basis, and not so great compensation. Average annual salary for emergency medicine physicians (not residents) is $320,419 which doesn’t look so bad compared to other specialties but isn’t that high either. Step 1 score of 229 and Step 2 score of 243 average to a total of 236 which is just shy of 236.5 national average. Ultimately, there are 1.15 spots available per US applicant that decide to apply to this specialty.
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