General Surgeon
Compensation
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Job Description
Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact.
We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.
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Job Description
JD in Progress
Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.
Key Responsibilities
The General Surgeon will provide high-quality pediatric specialty care to children up to age 18. The role involves participating in a multi-disciplinary environment focused on patient care, education, and research.
Requirements
The candidate must be a qualified surgeon capable of working in a pediatric specialty setting. The role requires a commitment to evidence-based practice and the values of compassion, integrity, and accountability.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Surgery — Physician Career Context
In Pennsylvania, the Surgery weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$438k (10 salary observations; 119 listings), vs ~$490k nationally (238 salary observations; 2,393 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 30 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 7% are remote, 83% have no call, 43% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania vs national | $438k median in Pennsylvania | $490k nationally (−11%)10 state / 238 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | Pennsylvania index 97.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Surgery listings in Pennsylvania | 73 active | 1,290 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 7% remote · 83% no call · 43% no weekends30 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Pennsylvania physician listings (all specialties): 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $65k) · 15% offer loan repayment943 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Surgery hiring demand | #4 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 40 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 604 postings, 152 closed |
| New Surgery listings | 794 in the last 30 days | 493 the 30 days before (+61%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
Top Surgeon Jobs
25 matches · ranked by paySalary Distribution
23 jobs · 16 employersAnnual compensation range
Benefits & Perks
21 jobs · 16 employersShare of similar jobs offering each benefit
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$20k – $650kPediatric Surgery - Physician
$560k-$564kWork-life snapshot
Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,279 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Living in Philadelphia
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $203k
- Typical market rent
- $1,757/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 32 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 102.6
- State income tax
- Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.