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Heart specialist salary

Average heart specialist salary

$73,764

$35.46 hourly rate

Entry-level heart specialist salary
$30,000 yearly salary
Updated December 15, 2025
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Average heart specialist salary by state

Highest paying states for heart specialists

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1New York$116,806$56.16
2Maine$100,995$48.56
3Pennsylvania$108,149$51.99
4North Carolina$102,961$49.50
5Delaware$103,735$49.87
6Connecticut$103,200$49.62
7New Jersey$109,508$52.65
8West Virginia$100,654$48.39
9Indiana$101,459$48.78
10Wisconsin$97,687$46.96
11Michigan$102,618$49.34
12Virginia$107,778$51.82
13Ohio$99,190$47.69
14Tennessee$97,047$46.66
15Rhode Island$103,189$49.61
16Illinois$100,273$48.21
17Vermont$95,649$45.99
18Kentucky$96,539$46.41
19Massachusetts$101,904$48.99
20Iowa$95,163$45.75
21Maryland$103,415$49.72
22New Hampshire$99,741$47.95
23Georgia$93,671$45.03
24Arkansas$90,993$43.75
25Oklahoma$88,367$42.48
26District of Columbia$103,471$49.75
27Oregon$88,715$42.65
28Nebraska$86,391$41.53
29Kansas$93,254$44.83
30Wyoming$85,928$41.31
31Minnesota$91,817$44.14
32Alabama$90,234$43.38
33South Carolina$91,371$43.93
34North Dakota$83,416$40.10
35New Mexico$78,510$37.75
36Missouri$90,127$43.33
37South Dakota$83,554$40.17
38Washington$86,261$41.47
39Florida$76,212$36.64
40Hawaii$51,244$24.64
41Mississippi$81,488$39.18
42Alaska$63,865$30.70
43Idaho$85,335$41.03
44Montana$77,929$37.47
45Colorado$82,688$39.75
46Utah$79,322$38.14
47Nevada$72,967$35.08
48Texas$76,595$36.82
49Arizona$73,084$35.14
50Louisiana$74,724$35.92
51California$69,840$33.58

Heart specialist salary details

A heart specialist's salary ranges from $30,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $177,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average heart specialist salary graph, trends, and summary

What is a heart specialist's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$177,000$14,750$85
75th Percentile$117,000$9,750$56
Average$73,764$6,147$35
25th Percentile$46,000$3,833$22
10th Percentile$30,000$2,500$14

Highest paying heart specialist jobs

The highest paying types of heart specialists are cardiologist, rheumatologist, and oncologist.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Doctor$208,582$17,382$100.2814,571
Resident Physician In Radiology$206,948$17,246$99.4945,469
Pulmonary Physician$220,773$18,398$106.1457,339
Resident Physician$164,598$13,717$79.1343,775
Gastroenterologist$242,804$20,234$116.7319,604
Otolaryngologist$276,134$23,011$132.762,652

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$70,000$68,600$67,200$65,800$64,400$63,000
MaleFemale

Heart specialist salary trends

The average heart specialist salary has risen by $6,134 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average heart specialist earned $67,630 annually, but today, they earn $73,764 a year. That works out to a 3% change in pay for heart specialists over the last decade.

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Heart specialist salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$73,800$35.46+2.4%
2024$72,000$34.60+1.7%
2023$70,800$34.02+0.2%
2022$70,600$33.96-0.9%
2021$71,300$34.28-0.2%

Recently added heart specialist salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
Rwjbarnabas HealthOpen Heart Specialist (PD DAY)-Operating RoomJersey City, NJ08/23/2023$66,784

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