Despite gastroenterologist pay falling by 3% between 2024 and 2025, overall, the specialty has seen a 33.78% pay hike since 2015.
From 2015 to 2025, the inflation rate in the U.S. has risen by 1.7%, according to data from the U.S. Inflation Calculator. Throughout that period, there have been several spikes, reaching a high of 7% in 2021.
However, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ inflation calculator, the average salary for GIs in 2015, $370,000, has the same buying power as $502,930.04 in 2025.
In 2025, GIs are earning an average salary of $495,000, falling slightly below 2015 earnings, based on current inflation rates.
Here is what GIs would be earning today, adjusted for inflation, each year, from 2015 to 2024:
2015
Wages: $370,000
Buying power today: $502,930.04
2016
Wages: $380,000
Buying power today: $509,526.50
2017
Wages: $391,000
Buying power today: $511,488.52
2018
Wages: $408,000
Buying power today: $522,900.46
2019
Wages: $417,000
Buying power today: $526,271.32
2020
Wages: $419,000
Buying power today: $515,965.55
2021
Wages: $406,000
Buying power today: $493,055.43
2022
Wages: $453,000
Buying power today: $511,847.72
2023
Wages: $501,000
Buying power today: $531,982.39
2024
Wages: $512,000
Buying power today: $527,362.47
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