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PathologyTraining.org > Trainee Resources > Employment Outlook
Pathology Employment Outlook
Today's employment outlook for the newly graduated pathologist is very promising. The following 2008 career statistics were obtained from the American Medical Association FREIDA Online (http://www.ama-assn.org). The average salary for a resident was $45,530, and the average number of weeks of vacation was 3.2. Salaries for fellowships in specialized areas of pathology varied with the subspecialty and were at least $40,000. In 2008, of the 562 residents or fellows who completed training in anatomic and/or clinical pathology, 52.7 % of residents were female and 35% were international medical graduates. In 2008, 82.3% of residents completing a residency program decided to pursue additional training in specialized fellowships, 9.4% began a career in academic medicine (in pathology), 4.5% began practicing in the United States (68.2% of these went into group practice), 2.7% went into the military, and the remainder left the United States.
Data from the College of American Pathologists for the year 2008 show that on average, pathologists worked 50.1 hours per week (compared to 55 hours for all other specialties combined). Currently, approximately half of pathologists work in group practice, and the remainder work in solo practice, in a university medical school or hospital, in independent laboratories, in a multi-specialty group, and as coroners or medical examiners. More than half of pathology group practices have five or more pathologists (and one third of those in group practice work in larger groups of seven or more). Salaries for practicing pathologists vary with years of experience, type of practice and practice site.
Residency Recruitment Tool 
The best sources of additional information about the personal and professional satisfaction of being a pathologist are pathologists in hospitals, medical schools, and private practice. For more information about residency and fellowship training, check the Directory of Graduate Medical Education Programs, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's annual source book of all accredited programs. Reference copies are located in medical schools and medical libraries, and the information is also available online at www.acgme.org.