Women doctors earn much less than men in US

The influx of women into medicine doesn't counteract other factors at play

America’s women doctors aren’t earning less than men because of the fields they’ve chosen. Even women in some of the highest-paying medical specialties make much less than their male colleagues.

Women vascular surgeons make $89,000 a year, or 20 per cent, less than their male counterparts, according to a survey of 36,000 doctor salaries by Doximity, a professional networking site for doctors. Female cardiologists earn $76,000, or 18 per cent, less than their male peers. Hematology has the smallest wage gap, with women earning 14 per cent—$51,643—less than men with the same experience. 

The survey — which controlled for doctors’ ages, hours