| Characteristic | Percentage of physicians |
|---|---|
| Emergency medicine | 49.8% |
| Urological surgery | 49.5% |
| Hematology/ oncology | 49.3% |
| Obstetricians/gynecologists | 45.7% |
| Radiology | 45.2% |
| Family medicine | 45% |
| General surgery | 43.8% |
| Gastroenterology | 43.5% |
| Cardiology | 43.5% |
| Internal medicine | 40.9% |
| Pediatrics | 39.7% |
| Hospitalist | 38.6% |
| Psychiatry | 31.6% |
| Dermatology | 31.5% |
| Nephrology | 29.3% |
| Pathology | 28.3% |
| Ophthalmology | 25.8% |
| Infectious disease | 23.3% |
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Release date
April 2026
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Region
North America, United States
Survey time period
January to December 2025
Number of respondents
nearly 19,000
Special properties
Physicians across 38 states from 106 health systems and organizations
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Not all specialties shown; only the 9 specialties with the highest burnout rates and the 6 specialties with the lowest burnout rates displayed, plus Family Medicine, Pediatric Medicine, and Hospitalist (from the AMA organizational biopsy report).
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