|Slideshows|June 19, 2022

2022 Physician Report: The most popular (and lucrative) secondary income sources

Most specialties can earn tens of thousands of extra income through secondary income sources.

The average physician who had a secondary income stream earned more than $50,000 annually, according to the 2022 Physician Report.

But what kinds of work are most popular for physician moonlighters? We asked as part of our annual survey.Check out the slideshow above for more data on the most popular secondary income sources for physicians.

More data available

The full results can be viewed here (free registration required to access the data). It covers the most recent physician data on:

About the survey

Medical Economics® is proud to present the 2022 Physician Report, the 93rd year of this survey of doctors. Our in-depth survey presents exclusive data collected from our physician audience on salaries, productivity, malpractice rates, the state of the profession and much more. The survey was conducted by HRA®, a full-service health care market research agency and a brand of MJH Life Sciences®. Data were collected from physicians who responded to email invitations during the first quarter of 2022.


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