US Postgraduate Trainee Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Representation and Faculty Compensation By Specialty | Health Care Workforce | JAMA

Clinical specialties differ in workforce diversity and compensation.1 A study of trainees in 12 specialties from 2011 to 2018 found racial and gender diversity was inversely associated with compensation.² Concern for health care workforce inequities, including racial and gender differences in trainee attrition,³ justify study of newer and more comprehensive data. We compared clinical specialty postgraduate trainee representation and faculty compensation using 2015-2022 data.