Academic General and Subspecialty Pediatric Promotion Timelines and Lifetime Earnings.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Differences in academic promotion timelines may contribute to long-standing disparities in pediatric physician compensation and impact workforce sustainability.

Objective

To evaluate the association between promotion timing and the net present value (NPV) of lifetime earnings for academic general pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists across salary percentiles and career lengths.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study using a financial modeling strategy examined 2024-2025 compensation data from the Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics. The NPV analysis was conducted for 29 pediatric fields across 4 promotion scenarios (early promotion, baseline promotion, stalled promotion, and no promotion), 3 salary percentiles (2

SUBMITTER: Ehsan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12579352 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature