6 maps that show how far doctors have to go to close the gender pay gap
The 10 metro areas in Doximity's study where women in medicine had the highest pay were scattered across the country. Milwaukee came in at the top, with an average salary for female doctors of $351,247.
Meanwhile, the metro areas with the lowest pay for female doctors were mostly in the South and Northeast. Providence, RI, had the lowest average pay for female physicians, at $220,482.
According to Doximity, the gender pay gap between male and female physicians in 2018 nationally was 25.2%, with the average female doctor earning $90,490 less than her male counterpart. Birmingham, AL, had the smallest gap among metro areas, with female doctors making $28,542, or 9%, less than male doctors.
Meanwhile, the gap is far larger in some cities. In Louisville, KY, the average female doctor earned $154,077 less than the average male doctor, a 40% gap.
Doximity noted that in 32 of the 50 metro areas they analyzed, the gender gap narrowed between 2017 and 2018. Birmingham, AL, had the biggest improvement in its gender gap over that year, as well as the lowest gap in 2018.
However, the gender pay gap widened in several metro areas between 2017 and 2018, especially in cities with larger overall gender pay gaps. The gap between male and female doctor pay increased the most in Louisville, KY, over that year.
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