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Home Research Research Library Lifetime Impact of the Gender Wage Gap in Family Medicine Lifetime Impact of the Gender Wage Gap in Family Medicine 2025 Author(s) Sanders, Kaplan, Jabbarpour, Yalda, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The gender wage gap in early-career family medicine results in female physicians earning nearly $32,000 less annually than their male counterparts, with significant lifetime financial impacts. Modeling this disparity over a 25-, 30-, and 35-year career reveals that, without interventions, female physicians could accumulate $2.0 to $4.4 million less than male physicians, underscoring the need for systemic changes to address gender-based pay inequities in the medical profession. ABFM Research Read all 2017 Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here? Go to Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here? 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: 2020 Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians 2020 How Should Board Certification Evolve? Go to How Should Board Certification Evolve?
Author(s) Sanders, Kaplan, Jabbarpour, Yalda, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2017 Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here? Go to Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here? 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: 2020 Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians 2020 How Should Board Certification Evolve? Go to How Should Board Certification Evolve?
2017 Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here? Go to Building a Sustainable Primary Care Workforce: Where Do We Go from Here?
2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice:
2020 Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians
