According to this survey, most U.S. physicians work on average 50 to 59 hours per week in 2021, a significantly higher number of hours than the traditional American workweek of 40. Moreover, the distribution of doctors per number of hours worked weekly reveals that a third of physicians work over 60 hours a week, of which 7.7 percent work 80 hours or more.

According to a survey from 2023, physicians in the United States worked an average of ** hours per week. However, physicians in three specialties, critical care, general surgery, and cardiology worked on average over ** hours a week. In comparison, the average working week of all U.S. workers amounted to **** hours in 2023.

This statistic shows the average hours worked per week - excluding on-call duties - by physicians in Canada from in 2017, by gender and broad specialty. The data is based on the workforce survey conducted by the Canadian Medical Association. Weekly average working hours for all female physicians stood at 48.1 hours compared to an average of 52.2 hours for all male physicians.

This statistic shows the average weekly work hours of family/general practitioners (FP/GP) vs. other specialist physicians in Canada as of 2019, by activity. The data is based on the Physician Workforce Survey conducted by the Canadian Medical Association. Weekly average working hours of FP/GPs in the field of research were 0.37 hours compared to the other specialists who spent 2.3 work hours in this activity.

In 2024, orthopedic doctors and surgeons earn on average *** thousand U.S. dollars annually. This makes Orthopedic doctors and surgeons the **** well-compensated physicians in the United States as of 2024, followed by plastic surgeons. Plastic surgeons were, by far, the ******* earning physicians in the U.S. the previous year in 2023. An orthopedic physician specializes in injuries and diseases involving bones, muscles, joints, nerves and other parts of the musculoskeletal system. Physician salary Although orthopedic doctors and surgeons have the highest average annual salary, from 2023 to 2024 their compensation actually decreased by * percent. In comparison, compensation for physicians specialized in physical medicine and rehabilitation increased ** percent during this time, while plastic surgeons saw the largest decrease of ** percent. The region with the highest annual compensation for physicians was West North Central in 2024, with physicians earning some *** thousand U.S. dollars in this region. Characteristics of U.S. physicians There are currently around **** active physicians per 10,000 people in the U.S. Around ***percent of physicians in the U.S. are aged between 56 and 65 years, while only ** percent are 35 years or younger. The vast majority of physicians are employed by ******************* and work an average of ** hours per week.

Family doctors’ average work hours, activities carried out, and their distribution per weekday.

This is the fourth round of the physician survey component of the Community Tracking Study (CTS). The first round was conducted in 1996-1997 (ICPSR 2597), the second round in 1998-1999 (ICPSR 3267), and the third in 2000-2001 (ICPSR 3820). Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the CTS is a large-scale investigation of changes in the American health care system and their effects on people. As in the previous rounds, physicians were sampled in the 60 CTS sites: 51 metropolitan and 9 nonmetropolitan areas that were randomly selected to form the core of the CTS and to be representative of the nation as a whole. However, the fourth round lacks an independent supplemental national sample of physicians, which augmented the CTS site sample in the previous rounds. Information collected by the survey includes net income from the practice of medicine, year of birth, sex, race, Hispanic origin, year of graduation from medical school, specialty, board certification status, compensation model, patient mix (e.g., race/Hispanic origin of patients and percent with chronic conditions), career satisfaction, practice type, size, and ownership, percent of practice revenue from Medicare, Medicaid, or managed care, acceptance of new Medicaid and Medicare patients and, if applicable, reasons for not accepting them, use of information technology for care management, number of patient visits and hours worked in medically related activities during the last complete week of work, and the number of hours spent providing charity care in the last month. In addition, the survey elicited views on a number of issues such as patient-physician interactions, competition among practices, the influence of financial incentives on the quantity of services provided to patients, trends in the amount and quality of nursing support, one's ability to provide quality care and obtain needed services for patients, and the importance of various factors that may limit the quality of care. Part 3, the Site and County Crosswalk Data File, identifies the counties that constitute each CTS site. Part 4, Physician Survey Summary File, contains site-level estimates and standard errors for selected physician characteristics, e.g., the average age of physicians, the average percentage of patients with a formulary, and the percentage of physicians who said medical errors in hospitals are a minor problem.

United States Avg Hourly Earnings: EH: Office of Physician ex Mental Health data was reported at 41.970 USD in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 41.750 USD for Apr 2018. United States Avg Hourly Earnings: EH: Office of Physician ex Mental Health data is updated monthly, averaging 35.610 USD from Mar 2006 (Median) to May 2018, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.970 USD in May 2018 and a record low of 28.730 USD in May 2006. United States Avg Hourly Earnings: EH: Office of Physician ex Mental Health data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G032: Current Employment Statistics Survey: Average Weekly and Hourly Earnings.

This statistic is based on a survey and provides a portrait of an average physician in the United States, as of 2018, by employment type. As of that year, both employed physicians and private practice owners worked around 53 hours per week.

This statistic shows the average weekly work hours of male vs. female physicians in Canada as of 2019, by activity. The data is based on the Physician Workforce Survey conducted by the Canadian Medical Association. Weekly average working hours of female physicians in the field of research were 1.2 hours compared to male physicians who spent 1.33 work hours in this activity.

CMS physician fee schedule work RVUs, practice expense RVUs, malpractice RVUs and median operative times.

United States Avg Weekly Earnings: sa: EH: HS: Office of Physician data was reported at 1,448.360 USD in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,440.740 USD for Apr 2018. United States Avg Weekly Earnings: sa: EH: HS: Office of Physician data is updated monthly, averaging 1,242.440 USD from Mar 2006 (Median) to May 2018, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,448.360 USD in May 2018 and a record low of 947.320 USD in Mar 2006. United States Avg Weekly Earnings: sa: EH: HS: Office of Physician data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G033: Current Employment Statistics Survey: Average Weekly and Hourly Earnings: Seasonally Adjusted.

United States Employment: NF: EH: Office of Physician data was reported at 2,639.100 Person th in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,632.700 Person th for May 2018. United States Employment: NF: EH: Office of Physician data is updated monthly, averaging 1,488.400 Person th from Jan 1972 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 558 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,639.100 Person th in Jun 2018 and a record low of 416.200 Person th in Jan 1972. United States Employment: NF: EH: Office of Physician data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G024: Current Employment Statistics Survey: Employment: Non Farm.

United States Avg Hourly Earnings: EH: Office of Mental Health Physician data was reported at 32.060 USD in May 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 33.250 USD for Apr 2018. United States Avg Hourly Earnings: EH: Office of Mental Health Physician data is updated monthly, averaging 29.180 USD from Mar 2006 (Median) to May 2018, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.760 USD in Nov 2012 and a record low of 20.120 USD in Jul 2006. United States Avg Hourly Earnings: EH: Office of Mental Health Physician data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G032: Current Employment Statistics Survey: Average Weekly and Hourly Earnings.

United States Avg Hourly Earnings: sa: EH: Office of Physician ex Mental Health data was reported at 42.070 USD in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 41.810 USD for Apr 2018. United States Avg Hourly Earnings: sa: EH: Office of Physician ex Mental Health data is updated monthly, averaging 35.790 USD from Mar 2006 (Median) to May 2018, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.070 USD in May 2018 and a record low of 28.870 USD in Mar 2006. United States Avg Hourly Earnings: sa: EH: Office of Physician ex Mental Health data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G033: Current Employment Statistics Survey: Average Weekly and Hourly Earnings: Seasonally Adjusted.

This statistic shows the average hours worked per week by physicians in Canada 2014 vs. 2017, by activity. The data is based on several surveys conducted by the Canadian Medical Association over the given period. The total average working hours per week by physicians in 2014 were 48.7 hours, which increased to 50.5 hours in 2017.

Medical assistants’ average work hours, activities carried out, and their distribution per weekday.

BackgroundPhysicians are expected to serve as role models for healthy lifestyles, but long work hours reduce time for healthy behaviors. A hospital-based physical activity intervention could improve physician health and increase counseling about exercise.MethodsWe conducted a two-phase intervention among 104 medical residents at a large hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Phase 1 was a 6-week randomized controlled trial comparing daily steps of residents assigned to an activity monitor displaying feedback about steps and energy consumed (intervention) or to a blinded monitor (control). Phase 2 immediately followed and was a 6-week non-randomized team steps competition in which all participants wore monitors with feedback. Phase 1 outcomes were: 1) median steps/day and 2) proportion of days activity monitor worn. The Phase 2 outcome was mean steps/day on days monitor worn (≥500 steps/day). Physiologic measurements were collected at baseline and study end. Median steps/day were compared using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Mean steps were compared using repeated measures regression analyses.ResultsIn Phase 1, intervention and control groups had similar activity (6369 vs. 6063 steps/day, p = 0.16) and compliance with wearing the monitor (77% vs. 77% of days, p = 0.73). In Phase 2 (team competition), residents recorded more steps/day than during Phase 1 (Control: 7,971 vs. 7,567, p = 0.002; Intervention: 7,832 vs. 7,739, p = 0.13). Mean compliance with wearing the activity monitor decreased for both groups during Phase 2 compared to Phase 1 (60% vs. 77%, p

United States AHE: PW: EH: Offices of Physicians data was reported at 43.290 USD in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 43.010 USD for Feb 2025. United States AHE: PW: EH: Offices of Physicians data is updated monthly, averaging 17.900 USD from Jan 1982 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 519 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43.290 USD in Mar 2025 and a record low of 7.000 USD in Mar 1982. United States AHE: PW: EH: Offices of Physicians data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G: Current Employment Statistics: Average Hourly Earnings: Production Workers.

BackgroundIn the last 2 weeks of January 2021, Portugal was the worst country in the world in incidence of infections and deaths due to COVID-19. As a result, the pressure on the healthcare system increased exponentially, exceeding its capacities and leaving hospitals in near collapse. This scenario caused multiple constraints, particularly for hospital medical staff. Previous studies conducted at different moments during the pandemic reported that COVID-19 has had significant negative impacts on healthcare workers’ psychological health, including stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and sleep disturbances. However, there are many uncertainties regarding the professional quality of life of hospital nurses and physicians. To address gaps in previous research on secondary traumatic stress, we focused on healthcare workers working in hospitals affected by a major traumatic event: the third wave of COVID-19.ObjectivesThe aim of the present study was to identify the contribution of personal and work-related contextual variables (gender, age, parental status, occupation, years of experience, working with patients affected by COVID-19) on professional quality of life of healthcare workers.MethodsCross-sectional study with a web-based questionnaire given to physicians and nurses working in a hospital setting. A total of 853 healthcare professionals (276 physicians and 586 nurses; median age 37 years old) participated in the survey assessing professional quality of life compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout. Factors of professional quality of life were assessed using regression analysis.ResultsMost of the participants showed moderate (80%; n = 684) or high (18%; n = 155) levels of compassion satisfaction, whereas the majority of them experienced moderate levels of burnout (72%; n = 613) and secondary traumatic stress (69%; n = 592). The analyzed variables demonstrated no differences between professionals who were directly or not involved in the care of COVID-19 patients. Parental status was found to be a significant factor in compassion satisfaction. Female gender was significantly associated with more susceptibility to secondary traumatization. Factors that may potentially contribute to burnout include years of professional experience and the number of work hours per week.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic has created a new challenge for the healthcare system. Burnout and secondary traumatic stress can lead to medical errors and impact standards of patient care, particularly compromising compassionate care. It is therefore recommended that hospitals develop psychoeducational initiatives to support professionals in dealing with barriers to compassion.