Locum Tenens Salary Guides by Specialty

What Affects Locum Tenens Salary Rates?

Earn More as a Barton Locum

Physicians and advanced practititoners across the board of medical specialties can dependably increase their salaries across by doing locum tenens work. However, even locum tenens pay rates vary based on a number of different factors.

Since locum tenens physicians and providers are independent contractors, pay rates can mildly fluctuate between different locum tenens assignments. Variations in pay can be due to location, experience, urgency, and a long list of other particulars like working part time when the need was for full time coverage.

However, outside of these finer points, the most glaringly obvious factors that determine your earning potential from locum tenens jobs are what provider type you are, and your medical specialty. Our Provider Salary Tool can tell you how much more you can make as a locum than the average physician or advanced practitioner.

If you still have burning questions, Barton has your back. We compiled all of the most relevant questions, answers, statistics, and comparisons for top-earning locum specialties so you don’t have to.