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Physician burnout rates are declining nationwide, but overall, burnout is still a serious issue, according to the American Medical Association (AMA). The association’s data shows in 2025, 41.9% of physicians reported experiencing at least 1 symptom of burnout—which is an improvement from the 43.2% reporting burnout in 2024 and 48.2% in 2023. By specialty, the highest rates were reported in emergency medicine (49.8%), urological surgery (49.5%), hematology/oncology (49.3%), obstetrics and gynecology (45.7%), radiology (45.2%), and family medicine (45%). More than 59% of male respondents to the AMA polling report feeling valued by their organization compared to 53.3% of female respondents. The findings are based on nearly 19,000 physician responses across 38 states and 106 health systems.
What about us? While AMA didn’t collect data from non-physicians, other surveys provide a similar clue to the burnout rates among nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). A 2025 poll from Clinical Advisor found high work-related stress among NPs (76.8%) and PAs (63.3%), with 48.6% of NPs and 37.7% of PAs also reporting burnout—not too far off from the physician responses. With increasing staffing shortages, any initiatives to reduce burnout and increase retention of clinicians will only benefit the bottom line for urgent care.