11 Least Stressful Medical Specialties and Careers that Pay Well

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10. Psychiatry

If we took into account only occurrence and severity of burnout among specialties, psychiatrists would be at the top of our list. Psychiatry has the lowest share of doctors who feel burnout (40%) and it is also the field with lowest average burnout rating (3.85). Since we were also interested in annual income, which is $226,000 in the specialty, psychiatry did not rank higher on this list.

11 Least Stressful Medical Specialties and Careers that Pay Well

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