Salaries and Benefits
The BCRP aims to be a program that provides a locally competitive salary and benefits package that meets the needs of trainees. Residency appointments are for one year, but house officers are accepted with the expectation that they will complete the full course of training needed for board certification.
Based on resident advocacy and the shared vision of the leaders of our institutions emphasizing complete parity across the various tracks of our program, for the first time in the history of our program, all pediatric interns entering the BCRP in June 2025 will be employed by Boston Children’s Hospital and will remain BCH employees throughout their pediatrics residency training. Med-Peds residents are employed by MGB. LEAD residents who entered the program prior will remain Boston Medical Center employees for the duration of their pediatric residency.
The BCRP believes that all residents in the program should receive the same salary and have access to equivalent stipends and benefits. Institutional and program leaders will continue to support alignment of salaries, stipends, and benefits across tracks given the equivalent clinical exposure.
Salaries and Benefits
The BCRP aims to be a program that provides a locally competitive salary and benefits package that meets the needs of trainees. Residency appointments are for one year, but house officers are accepted with the expectation that they will complete the full course of training needed for board certification.
Based on resident advocacy and the shared vision of the leaders of our institutions emphasizing complete parity across the various tracks of our program, for the first time in the history of our program, all pediatric interns entering the BCRP in June 2025 will be employed by Boston Children’s Hospital and will remain BCH employees throughout their pediatrics residency training. Med-Peds residents are employed by MGB. LEAD residents who entered the program prior will remain Boston Medical Center employees for the duration of their pediatric residency.
The BCRP believes that all residents in the program should receive the same salary and have access to equivalent stipends and benefits. Institutional and program leaders will continue to support alignment of salaries, stipends, and benefits across tracks given the equivalent clinical exposure.
Salaries
The Boston Children’s Hospital salary lines are published early each calendar year. We will update the website as soon as possible in early 2025 for the following academic year.
2024-2025 Boston Children’s Hospital Salaries:
- PGY1: $77,949
- PGY2: $81,090
- PGY3: $84,506
- PGY4: $88,702
- PGY5: $94,866
Other Benefits
- A 4% retirement core contribution into a 403(b), distributed annually after the close of the calendar year to all Boston Children’s W-2 ACGME/CODA Clinical Fellows and Residents who have more than 2.5 years of service with Boston Children’s as of December 31 of each calendar year. ACGME/CODA Clinical Fellows and Residents who terminate employment during the year do not receive a contribution for that year.
- All BCRP residents are eligible for this benefit if they become BCH employees after residency.
- A $10,000 housing/cost of living stipend, distributed annually for the duration of their ACGME approved residency/fellowship payable to all ACGME/CODA Clinical Fellows and Residents in a training program.
- Childcare subsidy program for eligible employees who earn $100,000 or less per year ($200/month for children 6 years old or younger)
- Student loan assistance program to help pay off existing student loans. A match payment of up to $200 per month ($100 for employees with less than 30 hours a week), paid directly to the loan servicer.
- Enhanced fertility benefits (effective 10/1/24) under all medical plans.
- Coverage of voluntary egg cryopreservation: up to a $20,000 lifetime maximum
- No time requirement to use IVF
- Removing requirement to use all frozen embryos before trying another IVF retrieval cycle
- Coverage for donor sperm
Finally, BCH-employed residents are eligible for a one-time $500 travel stipend for attendance at an academic conference; this amount increases to $1,000 if the resident is presenting original work.
