1. Orthopedics
Average annual compensation: $489,000
Closing our list of the best paying jobs for doctors in the US in 2017 are orthopedic specialists, who enjoy the highest earning by a very large margin. These doctors deal with issues of the bone and muscle, and maybe it’s the high demand for such physicians, considering that bone diseases have become so common, that they are paid such exorbitant numbers.
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