For this quarter, there were 370 job postings at PathologyOutlines.com for full or part time Pathologists, which form the basis for the statistics below. This is a 7.2% increase from the 345 job postings in the second quarter of 2021 (click here for the jobs report from 2021 Quarter 2). We excluded postings that were only for locum, Ph.D., residency, fellowship or non-Pathologist positions. Of the 370 postings, 342 were for 1 position, 13 were for 2 positions, 2 were for 3 positions and 13 were for an unspecified number of positions greater than 1.
Of the 370 ads, 175 (47.3%) were for academic positions and 195 (52.7%) were for non-academic positions, compared with 46.7% academic positions in the second quarter of 2021. We define academic as an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor position or a University position other than lecturer or solely clinical in nature.
Jobs were posted from 45 states, 5 provinces in Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia and Ontario) as well as Puerto Rico. New York (36), California (30), Ohio (23), Florida (23) and New Jersey (15) had the most job listings. The 5 states with no job ads were Alaska, Maine, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. The Canadian provinces not represented were Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan.
Totals by regions: (click here for map of U.S. regions):
Regions:
| U.S.A. - Midwest | 81 | 21.9% |
| U.S.A. - Northeast | 102 | 27.6% |
| U.S.A. - South | 101 | 27.3% |
| U.S.A. - West | 63 | 17.0% |
| Canada | 22 | 5.9% |
| Other | 1 | 0.3% |
| Totals | 370 | 100.0% |
The distribution of positions is comparable to the first quarter of 2022.
73.8% of postings required AP or AP / CP board certification / eligibility, compared with 68.4% for the second quarter of 2021. 53.0% required AP / CP boards and 7.3% required CP board certification only. 63 (17.0%) postings did not specify board certification, compared with 22.3% in the second quarter of 2021. Of these 63 postings, 36 were academic and 27 were nonacademic.
Minimum requirements (board certified / board eligible):
| AP | 77 | 20.8% |
| AP / CP | 196 | 53.0% |
| AP or CP | 7 | 1.9% |
| CP | 27 | 7.3% |
| Not indicated | 63 | 17.0% |
| Totals | 370 | 100.0% |
We categorize jobs using any subspecialty listed in the advertisement, either as a primary job requirement or as a desired subspecialty. For this period, 329 (88.9%) jobs required or desired a specific subspecialty or title, most commonly hematopathology, cytopathology, GI / liver, breast and gynecologic.
Required or desired subspecialty or title:
| No required subspecialty or job title | 142 | 38.4% |
| Hematopathology | 94 | 25.4% |
| Cytopathology | 68 | 18.4% |
| GI / liver | 57 | 15.4% |
| Breast | 52 | 14.1% |
| Gynecologic | 47 | 12.7% |
| Medical Director | 38 | 10.3% |
| Transfusion medicine | 36 | 9.7% |
| Dermatopathology | 36 | 9.7% |
| Molecular | 33 | 8.9% |
| GU | 26 | 7.0% |
| Head & neck | 25 | 6.8% |
| Pulmonary / cardiovascular | 22 | 5.9% |
| Bone & soft Tissue | 17 | 4.6% |
| Pediatrics | 13 | 3.5% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 3.5% |
| Renal | 12 | 3.2% |
| Microbiology | 11 | 3.2% |
| Neuropathology | 11 | 3.0% |
| Informatics | 10 | 2.7% |
| Chief / Director / Chair | 9 | 2.4% |
| Government | 7 | 1.9 % |
| Coagulation | 7 | 1.9% |
| Cytogenetics | 5 | 1.4% |
| Autopsy | 5 | 1.4% |
| Education | 4 | 1.1% |
| Research | 4 | 1.1% |
| HLA / immunology | 3 | 0.8% |
| Transplant | 2 | 0.5% |
| Forensics | 2 | 0.5% |
| Immunohistochemistry | 1 | 0.3% |
Note: Many positions listed multiple specialties. Percentages are out of 370 ads.
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