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WAGES/ TRENDS | EDUCATION | SKILLS | KNOWLEDGE | ABLILITIES | WORK VALUES | TASKS/ACTIVITIES | INTERESTS | USEFUL LINKS
WAGES/ TRENDS
Wages:
General Surgery
Surveys
|
Median
Compensation
1997
|
Percent Change
from
Previous Year
|
American Medical
Association
|
$275,200
|
2.1%
|
American Medical Group
Association
|
249,481
|
4.9
|
Ernst & Young
|
237,900
|
7.2
|
Hospital & Healthcare
Compensation Service
|
229,767
|
4.1
|
Other
|
252,357
|
2.7
|
Median Change
from previous year
|
-
|
3.4
|
Trends:
Location
|
Employment
|
Percent
change
|
Average annual job openings
(due to growth and net replacement)
|
|
1998
|
2008
|
|||
United States
|
576,900
|
698,900
|
21%
|
21,210
|
California
|
42,900
|
63,900
|
49%
|
2,930
|