US Ob/Gyn Compensation Reaches $420,859 in Doximity’s 2026 Report
Average annual compensation for US obstetricians and gynecologists reached $420,859 in Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report, providing an updated national benchmark for physicians working in Ob/Gyn.
US obstetricians and gynecologists recorded average annual compensation of $420,859, according to Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report. The latest figure provides Ob/Gyn physicians with a specialty-specific benchmark when evaluating their compensation, employment opportunities and the financial expectations associated with their practice.
Key findings
Doximity reports average annual compensation of $420,859 for Obstetrics & Gynecology physicians in its 2026 Physician Compensation Report.
For Ob/Gyn physicians, the figure provides a useful national reference point within a specialty combining longitudinal women's healthcare with pregnancy and childbirth management, diagnostic procedures and surgery.
The national average should not be interpreted as the compensation every Ob/Gyn physician will receive. Individual earnings can vary according to geography, experience, patient volume, surgical and obstetric workload, call responsibilities, practice setting and employment structure.
Ob/Gyn compensation reaches $420,859
The $420,859 average establishes a current national compensation benchmark for US obstetricians and gynecologists.
Ob/Gyn encompasses care across a broad range of women's health needs, including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health, gynecological conditions and preventive care.
Clinical practice can combine outpatient consultations and longitudinal patient management with deliveries, diagnostic procedures and gynecological surgery. The balance between obstetric and gynecological work can therefore create substantially different workloads between individual physicians.
Ob/Gyn physicians may also develop additional expertise in areas such as maternal-fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, gynecologic oncology or female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery.
For Ob/Gyn physicians reviewing their current compensation or considering a new position, the Doximity figure provides a useful specialty-specific reference against which an individual package can be assessed.
What influences Ob/Gyn compensation?
Ob/Gyn combines outpatient medicine with significant obstetric, procedural and surgical responsibilities, meaning patient volume, delivery workload, procedure mix and call commitments can all be important when evaluating individual compensation.
Obstetric responsibilities can have a particularly significant impact on working patterns. Physicians providing maternity services may need to cover deliveries and urgent obstetric care outside conventional working hours, including nights and weekends.
The balance of obstetrics and gynecology can also affect the demands of a role. A physician with a substantial delivery workload may have a different practice profile from one concentrating more heavily on outpatient gynecology and surgery.
Geography, experience and employment model may further influence compensation. Ob/Gyn physicians can work within hospitals, health systems, academic medical centres, specialist groups and independent practices, with different organisations using different salary, productivity and incentive arrangements.
These factors mean the $420,859 national average should be treated as a benchmark rather than an expected salary for every Ob/Gyn physician.
What the latest figure means for Ob/Gyn physicians
For US obstetricians and gynecologists, $420,859 provides a contemporary national reference point when benchmarking existing compensation or assessing a prospective position.
When reviewing an employment opportunity, Ob/Gyn physicians should consider headline compensation alongside expected patient volumes, delivery numbers, surgical responsibilities, call frequency, working hours and productivity requirements.
The balance between obstetric and gynecological responsibilities is particularly important. Two Ob/Gyn positions can involve substantially different workloads depending on maternity coverage, operative activity, outpatient responsibilities and the availability of specialist clinical support.
The latest Doximity figure therefore provides Ob/Gyn physicians with a useful starting point for evaluating compensation while recognising that individual earnings can differ substantially according to the clinical and contractual characteristics of a particular role.
About the data
The Doximity 2026 Physician Compensation Report provides compensation benchmarks across a wide range of US medical and surgical specialties.
The specialty figures represent average compensation and should be treated as national benchmarks. An individual Ob/Gyn physician’s compensation may differ according to geography, experience, patient volume, obstetric and surgical workload, call responsibilities, practice setting and other professional factors.
Source
Doximity. Physician Compensation Report 2026.https://www.doximity.com/reports/physician-compensation-report/2026#modal-close
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