For calendar year 2018, there were 845 job postings for full time or part time pathologists at PathologyOutlines.com, which form the basis for the statistics below. This is a 28% increase from the 660 ads posted in 2017 (see 2017 Jobs Summary). We have excluded postings that were only for locum, Ph.D., residency, fellowship or non-pathologist positions. Of these postings, 804 were for 1 position, 17 were for 2 positions, 5 were for 3 positions, 1 was for 6 positions, and 18 were for an unspecified number of positions greater than 1.
Of the 845 ads, 380 (45.0%) were for academic positions, and 465 (55.0%) were for non-academic positions. We saw a decrease in the number of academic positions when compared with the 2017 summary (52.7%). We define academic as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor position at a university.
For 2018, jobs were posted from 47 of 50 U.S. states (all but Alaska, South Dakota, and Wyoming), plus General U.S.A., Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., 8 Canadian provinces, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia. The states/provinces with the most ads were: New York (41), California (34), Florida (31), Pennsylvania (24), Ohio (23) and Texas (23).
Totals by regions: (click here for map of US regions):
Regions:
| USA - Midwest | 220 | 26.0% | 22.1% to 29.7% |
| USA - Northeast | 218 | 25.8% | 23.7% to 28.6% |
| USA - South | 235 | 27.8% | 22.5% to 33.7%% |
| USA - West | 121 | 14.3% | 11.5% to 17.4% |
| Canada | 42 | 5.0% | 3.4% to 6.4% |
| Other | 9 | 1.1% | 0.5% to 1.5% | Totals | 845 | 100.0% |
Note: Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
The last column shows mild/moderate variability by region in job postings during the four quarters of 2017.
Most postings (80.47%) required AP or AP/CP board certification/eligibility. Of the 47 ads which did not list a board certification requirement, 21 were academic and likely required board certification.
Minimum requirements (board certified / board eligible):
| AP | 361 | 42.72% |
| AP or CP | 319 | 37.8% |
| CP | 84 | 9.9% |
| AP or AP/CP | 33 | 3.9% |
| CP or AP/CP | 1 | 0.1% |
| Not indicated | 47 | 5.6% |
| Totals | 845 | 100.0% |
Note: Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
Most jobs (91.24%) were for subspecialty positions. For 2018, the most common subspecialties listed were cytopathology, hematopathology, GI, GYN and breast.
Required training (experience):
| Cytopathology | 165 | 19.5% |
| Hematopathology | 152 | 18.0% |
| GI | 142 | 16.8% |
| GYN | 93 | 11.0% |
| Breast | 83 | 9.8% |
| Dermatopathology | 81 | 9.6% |
| Molecular | 79 | 9.5% |
| Not Specified | 74 | 8.8% |
| Clinical | 74 | 8.8% |
| GU | 70 | 8.3% | Chair/Chief/Director | 51 | 6.0% |
| Medical Director | 45 | 5.3% |
| Head & Neck | 44 | 5.2% |
| Transfusion | 43 | 5.1 % |
| Pulmonary | 42 | 5.0% |
| Neuropathology | 37 | 4.4% |
| Bone and Soft Tissue | 36 | 4.3% |
| Pediatrics | 28 | 3.3% |
| Education | 26 | 3.1% |
| Informatics | 26 | 3.1% |
| Autopsy | 25 | 3.0% |
| Renal | 24 | 2.8% |
| Research | 22 | 2.6% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 1.9% |
| Microbiology | 16 | 1.9% |
| IHC | 11 | 1.3% |
| Transplant | 9 | 1.1% |
| Forensics | 7 | 0.8% |
| Cytogenics | 6 | 0.7% |
| HLA | 6 | 0.7% |
| Coagulation | 5 | 0.6% |
| Blood | 1 | 0.1% | Totals | 1,539 |
Note: percentages are out of 845 ads and some positions listed multiple subspecialties.
Please contact Dr. Pernick with any questions or comments at (248) 646-0325 or nat@pathologyoutlines.com. To post a job ad, email the text (up to 300 words, preferably in a Word format), your logo (optional), and your contact information to pathoutads@gmail.com.
