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US Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician Compensation Reaches $217,819 in Doximity’s 2026 Report

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Average annual compensation for US pediatric infectious disease physicians reached $217,819 in Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report, providing an updated national benchmark for physicians working in pediatric infectious disease.


US pediatric infectious disease physicians recorded average annual compensation of $217,819, according to Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report. The latest figure provides pediatric infectious disease physicians with a specialty-specific benchmark when evaluating compensation, employment opportunities and the financial expectations associated with their practice.

Key findings

Doximity reports average annual compensation of $217,819 for pediatric infectious disease physicians in its 2026 Physician Compensation Report.

For pediatric infectious disease physicians, the figure provides a useful national reference point within a specialty focused on diagnosing, treating and preventing infectious diseases affecting infants, children and adolescents.

The national average should not be interpreted as the compensation every pediatric infectious disease physician will receive. Individual earnings can vary according to geography, experience, patient complexity, inpatient responsibilities, consultation workload, academic duties, practice setting and employment structure.

Pediatric infectious disease physician compensation reaches $217,819

The $217,819 average establishes a current national compensation benchmark for US pediatric infectious disease physicians.

Pediatric infectious disease encompasses the diagnosis and management of a broad range of infections affecting children, including complex bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic diseases.

Physicians may provide specialist care for children with severe or recurrent infections, infections associated with immunocompromising conditions, congenital infections and complicated infections requiring prolonged or specialised treatment.

Clinical practice can combine outpatient consultations with significant hospital-based responsibilities, including specialist input for children with complex or difficult-to-treat infections.

Pediatric infectious disease physicians may also contribute to antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and other hospital programmes alongside their direct clinical responsibilities.

For 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 pediatric infectious disease physician compensation?

Pediatric infectious disease combines specialist clinical care with responsibilities that can extend across hospital systems, meaning patient complexity, inpatient workload, consultation responsibilities and institutional duties can all be important when evaluating individual compensation.

A physician providing extensive inpatient consultation for complex infections may have a different workload from one whose responsibilities are more heavily weighted toward outpatient infectious disease management.

Additional responsibilities can include antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, education, research and participation in multidisciplinary care for immunocompromised or medically complex children.

Geography, experience and employment model may further influence compensation. Pediatric infectious disease physicians frequently work within children's hospitals, academic medical centres and larger health systems.

These factors mean the $217,819 national average should be treated as a benchmark rather than an expected salary for every pediatric infectious disease physician.

What the latest figure means for pediatric infectious disease physicians

For US pediatric infectious disease physicians, $217,819 provides a contemporary national reference point when benchmarking existing compensation or assessing a prospective position.

Physicians should consider headline compensation alongside patient complexity, inpatient coverage, consultation volumes, call responsibilities, institutional duties, research or teaching commitments and productivity requirements.

The scope of the position is particularly important. Two pediatric infectious disease roles can involve substantially different responsibilities depending on the balance between direct patient care, hospital consultation, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, education and research.

The latest Doximity figure therefore provides pediatric infectious disease 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 pediatric infectious disease physician’s compensation may differ according to geography, experience, patient complexity, inpatient responsibilities, institutional duties, practice setting and other professional factors.

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