2024 Survey of Expert Witness Fees

The 2024 Survey of Expert Witness Fees includes data from almost 1,600 experts in over 250 areas of expertise. This 206 page E-Book gives you the hard information to answer these critical questions:

• Am I charging enough?
• Should I raise my expert witness rates?
• How much should I charge for an expert witness retainer?
• Should I require counsel to sign a written retention contract?
• What is my earning potential in my discipline?
• How likely is it that I will experience collections difficulties?
• Should I accept credit cards or payments via ACH/Wire Transfer?

Specifically, the 2024 Survey of Expert Witness Fees includes:

• Expert witness rates for file review/preparation, deposition and trial testimony (average, median, high, and low);
• Retainer amounts (average, median, high, and low);
• Frequency and results of rate increases;
• Most money billed on a single case (average, median and high);
• Typical total billings on a single case (average, median, high and low);
• Percentage of expert witnesses requiring counsel to sign a written retention contract;
• Percentage of expert witnesses experiencing collection difficulties; and
• Percentage of expert witnesses accepting credit cards and/or ACH/Wire Transfers.
  

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The list of the specialties/areas of expertise covered in the fee survey and the number of responses for each specialty are as follows:

Accident Reconstruction

52

Accounting

26

Actuarial

2

Addiction Medicine

14

Addiction Psychiatry

9

Advertising

1

Agriculture

13

Allergy & Immunology

5

Anatomic Pathology

4

Anesthesiology

36

Appraisal & Valuation

42

Aquatics Safety

3

Architecture

25

Athletics & Recreation

10

Automotive

15

Aviation & Aerospace

19

Banking

19

Bariatric Surgery

3

Biomechanics

15

Business Damages

21

Business Operations

16

Business Valuation

16

Cardiology

24

Cardiothoracic Surgery

4

Chemistry & Chemicals

14

Chiropractic

12

Colon & Rectal Surgery

5

Computers/Information Technology

24

Construction/Construction Defects

116

Correctional Healthcare

8

Critical Care Medicine

17

Critical Care Surgery

10

Cryptocurrency

2

Cybersecurity

2

Dentist

24

Dermatology

4

Diagnostic Radiology

7

Dram Shop & Alcohol Services

6

Economics

28

Education & Schools

15

Electricity /Electrician

16

Electronics

9

Electrophysiology

3

Elevators & Escalators

1

Emergency Medical Services

12

Emergency Medical Toxicology

3

Emergency Medicine

66

Employment

25

Endocrinology

8

Engineering

153

Environmental

26

Ergonomics

3

Family Medicine

31

Financial

45

Fire

18

Firearms & Ballistics

7

Food

6

Foot & Ankle Surgery

7

Forensic Pathology

3

Forensic Psychiatry

16

Forensic Psychology

23

Forensic Science

34

Fraud

30

Gaming & Gambling

3

Gastroenterology

13

General Medical Practice

2

General Surgery

30

Geriatric Psychiatry

2

Geriatrics

28

Gynecology

5

Hand Surgery

9

Health Informatics

1

Hematology

6

Hepatology

1

Horses

1

Hospice and Palliative Care

12

Hospitalist

31

Hotel & Restaurant

11

Human Factors

15

Hydrology

7

Industrial Design

6

Industrial Hygiene

16

Infectious Diseases

9

Insurance

42

Intellectual Property

25

Internal Medicine

48

Internet

5

Interventional Cardiology

6

Laboratories & Testing

4

Land Surveying

7

Landscape Design

5

Law Enf & Criminal Justice

31

Legal

20

Life Care Planning

32

Management

9

Manufacturing

17

Maritime /Boating

16

Marketing

9

Medical Billing/Medical Coding

6

Medical Management/Hospital Liability

9

Metallurgy

5

Meteorology

11

Midwife

3

Mining

5

Mold

8

Motorcycle

3

Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine

9

Nephrology

8

Neurological Surgery

17

Neurology

32

Neurophysiology

5

Neuropsychiatry

5

Neuropsychology

18

Neuroradiology

8

Nurse

41

Nurse Anesthetist

3

Nurse Practitioner

16

Nursing Administration

6

Nursing Home Administration /Long Term Care

22

Obstetrics & Gynecology

31

Occupational Medicine

13

Occupational Therapy

3

Oil and Gas

11

Oncology

13

Ophthalmology

14

Optometry

1

Oral Surgery

8

Orthodontist

1

Orthopedic Surgery

48

Otolaryngology

20

Otology

4

Pain Management - Medicine

36

Pathology

1

Pediatric Anesthesiology

3

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

6

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

11

Pediatric Neurology

3

Pediatric Psychiatry

5

Pediatric Pulmonology

3

Pediatrics

30

Periodontics

4

Pharmaceutical Regulation/Research

8

Pharmacist

17

Pharmacology

10

Pharmacology- Clinical

6

Photography & Imaging

2

Physical Medicine & Rehab

28

Physical Therapy

9

Physician Assistant

7

Plastic Surgery

16

Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck

3

Plumbing

7

Podiatry

9

Police Practices & Procedures

22

Premises Liability

44

Preventive Medicine

3

Products Liability

29

Prosthetics

3

Psychiatry

38

Psychology

31

Public Health

3

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

5

Pulmonary Disease

2

Radiology

9

Real Estate

68

Reproductive Endocrinology

2

Rheumatology

4

Risk Management

19

Safety

77

School Safety

13

Securities & Investments

19

Security

32

Sleep Medicine

9

Slip Trip & Fall

25

Social Work

8

Software

11

Speech-Language Pathology

1

Spine Surgery & Spine Care

22

Sports Medicine

13

Statistics

10

Technology

17

Telecommunications

8

Thoracic Surgery

4

Toxicology

19

Transportation

30

Trauma Surgery

11

Travel & Tourism

3

Ultrasound

2

Urgent Care Medicine

8

Urology & Urological Surgery

10

Vascular & Interventional Radiology

4

Vascular Surgery

7

Video

5

Vocational Rehabilitation

26

Warnings & Labels

3

Wound Care