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2024 AFMRD Salary Survey Results and Trends

Sarah Cole and Kelsie Kelly
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2025, 23 (1) 86-88; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.240601
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Mercy Family Medicine St Louis
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The Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) biannually conducts a Salary Survey of membership as a member benefit. The survey invites program directors (PDs) to report compensation considerations for themselves, associate program directors, core faculty, program coordinators/administrators, and behavioral health faculty. Full survey reports are available to AFMRD members on its website.

The most recent survey was open between February and April 2024 and circulated to 589 family medicine (FM) PDs in the United States with 201 (34.1%) respondents. Participants were also surveyed as to additional training or certifications, length of practice, and scope of practice, and 57.5% of respondents reported being graduates of AFMRD’s National Institute for Program Director Development. Key demographics of PD respondents and their programs are listed in Table 1.

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Table 1.

Program Director Demographics

The mean, standard deviation, and median annual taxable income by role within program are summarized in Table 2. Mean PD income among respondents increased from $268,500 in 2021. Income varied by program type, region of the country, and years of PD experience. Additionally, while the proportion of respondents reporting clinical or educational incentives as a portion of their compensation increased from 45.1% in 2021 to 51.6% in 2024, the mean dollar amount varied. The mean dollar amount associated with clinical incentives decreased 31% in 2024 compared to 2021 while the mean dollar amount for educational incentives increased by 17%.

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Table 2.

Residency Program Taxable Income (US Dollars) in 2024 by Role

Program Director Considerations

The AFMRD Board of Directors noted trends in the 2024 report compared to 2021 that may warrant further study. First, unlike recent previous surveys, the 2024 survey did not demonstrate a significant difference in salary based on gender. Future surveys will be important to understand if this represents permanent closure of a pay gap.1

Second, the mean years of total reported PD experience decreased from 6.98 in 2021 to 6.08 years in 2024. AFMRD continues to study PD tenure, noting reasons for departure most often reflect pursuit of new positions within the same institution or moving aside to allow growth for new leaders.2,3

Next, Table 3 describes scope of practice for PDs compared to 2021. The proportion of PDs practicing in different areas of scope decreased overall, particularly in inpatient pediatrics and newborn nursery care. Recent revisions by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) adjusted the volume and type of care related to pregnancy, infants, and children care programs must offer to maintain accreditation.4 Further assessment may determine whether the decrease in PD scope is related to sample demographics, ACGME revisions, health care systems characteristics, or other related factors.

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Table 3.

Scope of Practice Comparisons from 2024 to 2021

Faculty Considerations

Recent revisions by the ACGME also adjusted the amount of time programs must protect for faculty and curricular areas to maintain accreditation.4 The mean total number of full-time family medicine core faculty decreased by 6% (7.37 in 2024 compared to 7.85 in 2024), while the mean total number of paid part-time family medicine faculty increased by 28% (4.16 in 2024 compared to 3.26 in 2021). Whether this reflects cost-savings measures by institutions, work-life preferences by faculty candidates, an impact of revisions to program requirements for accreditation, sample characteristics, or other factors may be determined by further study.5,6 Regardless, the ratio of full-time to part-time faculty is an important trend to monitor in graduate medical education.

Program Considerations

More respondents reported sponsorship by health care system (non-medical school based) in 2024 (68.7% compared to 3% identifying in 2021). Fewer respondents reported FQHC/Teaching Health Center (THCs) (3.5% compared to 20.2% in 2021). Whether this represents a difference in sample demographics or a shift in the landscape of program funding will be important to monitor. The tenuous nature of GME THC funding may further impact those programs’ ability to respond to the salary survey. Stabilization of THC funding remains an important advocacy opportunity.7

One potential factor to consider in future surveys is geographic setting, such as urban, suburban, rural, and frontier. The mean salary reported for rural training track site directors decreased in 2024 ($212,598) from 2021 ($247,487). With many policymakers currently prioritizing access to rural health care and funding streams for rural graduate medical education (GME) programming, a salary gap could disincentivize qualified site directors.

In conclusion, the AFMRD Salary Survey can be a powerful tool for family medicine residency leaders to understand trends in family medicine GME and for individual PDs to advocate within their institutional landscape.

Acknowledgements

The authors extend appreciation to Tom Wasser for assistance with analysis and to AFMRD members for responding to the survey.

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