As best I can tell the specialty with the lowest annual hours worked is pediatric emergency medicine at around 52 hours a week. Vascular surgery average 66 hour

As best I can tell the specialty with the lowest annual hours worked is pediatric emergency medicine at around 52 hours a week. Vascular surgery average 66 hours a week. If you want to check my calculations the below paper has annual work hours for different specialties. Annual Work Hours Across Physician Specialties https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articlepdf/1105820/ilt0711_1211_1213.pdf https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articl... Pop article in magazine for physicians > 2018 Average Physician Hours Worked Per Week Physician Type Average Physician Workweek Age 45 years or less 54.73 hours Age 46 years or more 49.87 hours Male physicians 51.89 hours Female physicians 50.46 hours Practice owners 51.96 hours Employed physicians 53.73 hours Primary care physicians 50.64 hours Physician specialists 51.76 hours https://www.locumleaders.com/physician-news/the-average-physician-work-week-hours-worked/ https://www.locumleaders.com/physician-news/the-average-phys...