The average salary for general surgeons in 2019 was down about 3 percent compared to 2017, according to the "2020 Physician and Advanced Practice Salary Report" by LocumTenens.com.
The report is based on a survey sent in September this year. It received 2,080 responses from physicians and advanced practitioners across all 50 states. Not all of them were placed by LocumTenens.com.