For calendar year 2021, there were 1,359 job postings for full time or part time pathologists at PathologyOutlines.com, which form the basis for the statistics below. This is a 78.1% increase from the 763 ads posted in 2020 (click here). This may be due to a "great resignation" due to the COVID-19 pandemic, click here, although this has not been specifically described for pahtologists. We have excluded postings that were only for locum, Ph.D., residency, fellowship or non-pathologist positions. Of these postings, 1,274 were for 1 position, 39 were for 2 positions, 4 were for 3 positions and 42 were for an unspecified number of positions greater than 1.
Of the 1,359 ads, 660 (48.6%) were for academic positions and 699 (51.4%) were for non-academic positions, compared to 42.2% academic in 2020. We define academic as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor position at a university.
For 2021, job advertisements were posted from 49 of 50 U.S. states (all but Wyoming), plus General U.S.A., Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., all 10 Canadian provinces, Jordan, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The states/provinces with the most ads were: New York (142), Florida (105), Pennsylvania (94), California (84), Ohio (65) and Texas (65).
Totals by regions: (click here for map of US regions):
Regions:
| USA - Midwest | 274 | 20.2% | 18.8% to 21.2% |
| USA - Northeast | 405 | 29.8% | 28.0% to 33.9% |
| USA - South | 406 | 29.9% | 27.4% to 33.3% |
| USA - West | 199 | 14.6% | 13.1% to 16.8% |
| Canada | 63 | 4.6% | 3.2% to 6.4% |
| Other | 12 | 0.9% | 0.8% to 1.1% | Totals | 1,359 | 100.0% |
The last column shows mild variability by region in job postings during the four quarters of 2021.
Most postings (71.4%) required AP or AP/CP board certification/eligibility.
Minimum requirements (board certified / board eligible):
| AP | 291 | 21.4% |
| AP or CP | 32 | 2.4% |
| AP/CP | 680 | 50.0% |
| CP | 99 | 7.3% |
| Not indicated | 257 | 18.9% |
| Totals | 1,359 | 100.0% |
Most advertisements (88.2%) at least preferred a subspecialty. For 2021, the most common subspecialties listed were hematopathology, cytopathology, GI / liver, breast and gynecologic pathology.
Required training (experience):
| Hematopathology | 288 | 21.2% |
| Cytopathology | 271 | 19.9% |
| GI / liver | 198 | 14.6% |
| Breast | 158 | 11.6% |
| Gynecologic | 157 | 11.6% |
| Molecular | 155 | 11.4% |
| Dermatopathology | 116 | 8.5% |
| GU | 108 | 7.9% |
| Medical Director | 100 | 7.4% |
| Transfusion | 100 | 7.4 % |
| Head & Neck | 85 | 6.3% |
| Pulmonary | 77 | 5.7% |
| Neuropathology | 76 | 5.6% |
| Pediatrics | 67 | 4.9% |
| Bone & soft tissue | 48 | 3.5% |
| Microbiology | 46 | 3.4% |
| Chief / chair / director | 43 | 3.2% |
| Informatics | 39 | 2.9% |
| Chemistry | 36 | 2.6% |
| Renal | 32 | 2.4% |
| Coagulation | 29 | 2.1% |
| Autopsy | 24 | 1.8% |
| Research | 20 | 1.5% |
| HLA / immunology | 20 | 1.5% |
| Forensics | 16 | 1.2% |
| Cytogenetics | 14 | 1.0% |
| Education | 13 | 1.0% |
| Transplant | 10 | 0.7% |
| Immunohistochemistry | 10 | 0.7% |
| Industry | 5 | 0.4% |
| Government | 5 | 0.4% |
| Tissue bank | 2 | 0.1% |
| Veterinary | 1 | 0.1% |
Note: Many positions listed multiple specialties. Percentages are out of 1,359 ads.
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