Interventional radiology leads all medical specialties with 10.8% compensation growth in 2025, averaging $634,658, while radiology overall ranks ninth with 6.6% growth and $609,684 average pay. Radiology is the seventh most recruited specialty and shows the second smallest gender pay gap at 10%, well below the 26% overall physician average.
- Interventional radiology achieved the highest compensation growth at 10.8% with average pay of $634,658 in 2025
- Radiology ranked ninth in compensation growth at 6.6% and seventh among most recruited specialties
- Radiology showed the second smallest gender pay gap at 10%, significantly below the overall physician gap of 26%
- 66% of physicians use AI daily or weekly, with radiologists among the highest users; 39% report AI proficiency influences hiring decisions
- 85% of physicians report physician shortages have affected their practice, with two-thirds of overworked physicians considering career changes
Interventional radiology ranked as the top specialty for compensation growth in 2025, according to Doximity's 2026 Physician Compensation Report, based on nearly 23,000 physician compensation surveys.
Interventional radiology led all analyzed medical specialties in compensation growth at 10.8%, with average compensation of $634,658, according to the report. And radiology ranked ninth overall in growth at 6.6%, with average compensation of $609,684. Radiology was the only specialty to appear in the top 10 for compensation growth in both 2024 and 2025. Among practice settings, single-specialty and multi-specialty groups led compensation across all physicians, with average pay of $480,961 and $477,033 respectively.
Radiology ranked seventh among the top 10 most recruited specialties in 2025, based on an analysis of tens of thousands of job postings across the Doximity network, and fifth among the most in-demand locum tenens specialties, according to the report. Overall physician compensation rose 2% from 2024 to 2025, down from 3.7% growth the prior year.
The gender pay gap in radiology was 10%, the second smallest of all specialties examined and well below the overall physician gender pay gap of 26%.
On AI, 66% of physicians surveyed reported using AI on a daily or weekly basis, with non-surgical specialists, a category that includes radiologists, among the highest users. Two-thirds of physicians said those who stay current with AI tools will have a meaningful earnings advantage over colleagues who do not, and 39% said AI proficiency is already a factor in hiring and promotion decisions in their specialty, according to the survey.
Finally, physician shortages continue to influence physicians' intent to leave their field. The survey found that 85% of physicians said the physician shortage has already affected their clinical practice. And about three out of four physicians said the shortage and other systemic pressures compromised the quality of care they provided in the past year.
A June 2026 Doximity poll of more than 600 physicians reported that 82% said they are being overworked. And among overworked physicians, two-thirds are considering a career change, including 46% looking toward early retirement.
Read the full report here.
