Surgeons work in different fields and therefore all win a different salary. These are the most common type of surgeons and their salaries: Anesthesiology $443,859 General surgery 395,456 Obstetrics/gynecology 317,496 Psychiatry 245,673 Internal Medicine 238,227 Pediatrics 226,408 Family Medicine (without Obstetrics) 221,419 Source: MGMA DataDive™ Provider Compensation 2015.
There are some people that have done a test and have found that surgeons are among the highest "stress" jobs in the world. Therefore, since the surgeons have a lot of stress due to their work, they have to be well paid.