average pay of a retina specialist
Average Salaries. The average salary of a retina specialist in 2009 was $619,114, according to Becker's Hospital Review. That makes retina specialists the fifth-highest paid specialty in the United States, the website reports. In 2008, a retina specialist's starting salary in rural areas was as high as $250,000, according to a 2008 Pearls in Ophthalmology article.