What is the salary for a neurologist?
LocumTenens.com conducted its Annual Salary and Employment Survey in August and September 2022. Survey respondents represent neurologists who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries. Compensation results consist of only full-time, permanent employees and consider only annual salary and bonuses.
Average neurologist salary in 2022
$264,313
Historical salary data
How does this year's salary for neurologists compare to other years?
The neurologist shortage has been thrown into stark relief by combination of patient decline during the pandemic and an industry-wide trend of physicians leaving the workforce at earlier ages, and not enough new neurologists entering it. Demand for skilled neurologists is outpacing the available workforce as labor shortages abound. Additionally, a trend toward sub-specialization is contributing to gaps in the neurological care that hospitals and practices can offer.
To learn more about how current physician trends are changing, view the Future of Work Survey Report which presents in-depth insights about the evolving healthcare landscape in the U.S.
2021 data not available.
Survey results
Demographic insights by gender
Male
69%
Female
31%Where did neurologists work in 2022?
Most neurologists worked for hospital systems or group practices, while some worked in government settings.
Hospital employed
25%
Medical group / practice owned by a hospital / system
38%
Government
25%
RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
Neurologists who took this survey
There is a lot of experience in the current slate of neurology physicians, with nearly half of U.S. neurologists (46%) having been in their practice for more than 21 years – an interesting statistic when taken alongside the data point showing that millennials (born between 1981 and 1997) make up the largest age demographic (38%). The alarming lack of neurologists showing up in the western U.S. may reflect the fact that rural facilities are among those hit the hardest by the labor shortage in this specialty.