3. Neonatal and perinatal medicine
Hours above family practice: 564
Neonatal and perinatal medicine is a subspecialty within pediatrics. These doctors look after critically ill newborns often working together with other specialists – obstetricians, pediatricians, and family physicians. They spend 564 hours more in the workplace than family doctors per year. Despite the workload, they belong to the group of doctors who are satisfied with their career. Neonatal and perinatal medicine is one of the fields that show that long working hours does not always interfere with job satisfaction, as we explained in the introduction. According to Pay Scale they salary falls into the range from $146,410 to $296,519 per year.
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