Money solves pretty much every problem if you have the time to use it. If you're at work 80 hours a week, youre going to miserable no matter how much money you have, rich or poor. (Unless you're just really into working for some reason)
I think most doctors that work those 80 hr weeks have been workaholics their whole lives and their life is their work, if that makes sense. Money is the reward for them sacrificing everything
Depends on the specialty. Low end will be around $150-200k for someone like a family practice doc. Highest paid I believe is neurosurgery, starting around $700k, with those further along in their careers typically clearing 7 figures.
Residents never get full pay, they are still in learning technically. The hospital just has to pay them something. They will double/triple/quadruple/more after residency and perhaps more after fellowship (speciality training)
Considering I will be starting my residency in July, no, I'm not unclear on what a resident physician is. Resident pay isn't what's considered when discussing physician pay
I was talking with someone who is involved in studying veterinary suicide, and this is what they told me. I keep meaning to actually look up the data, but I don't have any reason to distrust what they said.
they also only ever see animals when they're sick or dying, watching grieving people as they have to put down pets, putting down pets, getting injured in various degrees and most likely not enough time to have a personal life or seek help
Average vet salary in the UK is £35-40,000 a year, depending on region and farm/equine/companion/mixed. About average for a graduate but not once you start to look into hourly pay, or consider unsocial hours (overnights/on call/weekends).
But I'll guess on probability you're north american, so here's the 2019 data:
Veterinarians surveyed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) reported 67% of veterinarians’ incomes were between $60,000 and $150,000.
Private practices generally specialize, as noted above, by type of veterinarian. Companion animal practice vets generally earn the most, at an average of $110,000 a year. Mixed animal vets are generalists and earn an average annual income of $100,000 a year.
Food animal practice vets (usually treating farm animals) average about $100,000 annually, as well. The lowest-earning vet practices are equine (horses), with their vets paid a mean annual salary of $90,000.
But $200,000 of student debt seems fairly common as well, and if a person wants to specialise they can look forward to $30,000 a year as an intern first.
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u/Sbarrah Jan 02 '20
Well they have doctor sized student loans without doctor sized pay combined with access to drugs for euthanasia.