For calendar year 2022, there were 1,522 job postings for full or part time pathologists at PathologyOutlines.com, which form the basis for the statistics below. This is a 12.0% increase from the 1,359 ads posted in 2021 (click here). We have excluded postings that were only for locum, Ph.D., residency, fellowship or nonpathologist positions. Of these postings, 1,415 were for 1 position, 39 were for 2 positions, 9 were for 3 positions and 59 were for an unspecified number of positions greater than 1.
Of the 1,522 ads, 727 (47.8%) were for academic positions and 795 (52.2%) were for nonacademic positions, compared to 48.6% academic in 2021. We define academic as an assistant, associate or full professor position at a university.
For 2022, job advertisements were posted from all 50 U.S. states, including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, 9 Canadian provinces (not Prince Edward Island), Ireland, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. The states / provinces with the most ads were New York (142), California (138), Florida (83), Texas (81) and Ohio (66).
Totals by regions: (click here for map of U.S. regions):
Regions:
| U.S.A. - Midwest | 314 | 20.6% | 18.9% to 21.9% |
| U.S.A. - Northeast | 396 | 26.0% | 22.0% to 29.5% |
| U.S.A. - South | 427 | 28.1% | 25.7% to 31.0% |
| U.S.A. - West | 281 | 18.5% | 17.0% to 20.2% |
| Canada | 94 | 6.2% | 5.6% to 6.7% |
| Other | 10 | 0.7% | 0% to 2.2% | Totals | 1,522 | 100.1% |
The last column shows mild variability by region in job postings during the four quarters of 2022 and no major changes from 2021 totals.
Most postings (75.4%) required AP or AP / CP board certification / eligibility with no major changes from 2021 data.
Minimum requirements (board certified / board eligible):
| AP | 339 | 22.3% |
| AP or CP | 33 | 2.2% |
| AP / CP | 808 | 53.1% |
| CP | 81 | 5.3% |
| Not indicated | 261 | 17.1% |
| Totals | 1,522 | 100.0% |
Most advertisements (85.4%) at least preferred a subspecialty. For 2022, the most common subspecialties listed were hematopathology, cytopathology, GI / liver, breast and gynecologic pathology.
Required training (experience):
| Hematopathology | 324 | 21.3% |
| Cytopathology | 304 | 20.0% |
| GI / liver | 223 | 14.7% |
| Breast | 223 | 14.7% |
| Gynecologic | 190 | 12.5% |
| Dermatopathology | 151 | 9.9% |
| Molecular | 129 | 8.5% |
| Medical Director | 117 | 7.7% |
| GU | 116 | 7.6% |
| Head & Neck | 114 | 7.5% |
| Transfusion | 107 | 7.0% |
| Pulmonary | 87 | 5.7% |
| Pediatrics | 70 | 4.6% |
| Bone & soft tissue | 62 | 4.1% |
| Neuropathology | 61 | 4.0% |
| Informatics | 47 | 3.1% |
| Renal | 43 | 2.8% |
| Chief / chair / director | 39 | 2.6% |
| Autopsy | 39 | 2.6% |
| Chemistry | 33 | 2.2% |
| Microbiology | 31 | 2.0% |
| Coagulation | 27 | 1.8% |
| Government | 22 | 1.4% |
| Research | 18 | 1.2% |
| Cytogenetics | 17 | 1.1% | Forensics | 14 | 0.9% |
| HLA / immunology | 13 | 0.9% |
| Education | 13 | 0.9% |
| Transplant | 13 | 0.9% |
| Immunohistochemistry | 7 | 0.5% |
| Tissue bank | 4 | 0.3% |
| Industry | 1 | 0.1% |
Note: Many positions listed multiple specialties. Percentages are out of 1,522 ads.
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