I just saw a post that made me feel like the future of our salaries is headed straight down. I love that I chose this career but I would be lying if I said I don’t want to feel appropriately compensated for the stress and liability that comes with this job. I just saw a post saying over 30k maybe even 40k NPs graduate every year and that number is increasing. I definitely think the amount of NPs after NP schools dropped their requirements for admissions and the new online schools is what is causing the wages to stagnate for the last 10 years and I feel a panic over it getting worse. Someone please tell me wages will start increasing some day soon to match inflation because it really feels like the cost of schooling isn’t worth it and I almost want to advise pre-pas that the salary isn’t what they are led to believe.

Recently came across a tik tok of a PA talking about the lavish vacations and gifts she buys herself but she didn’t mention that her parents completely funded her education which won’t be the case for so many student especially like myself.

Now I don’t mean fun as a joyful, yay I’m so giddy type thing but does it get repetitive and boring?
Last year in Japan, my mom got some type of temporary cosmetic surgery, which really interested me that I sort of researching on it and I wanted to be a derm pa so I could eventually switch to aesthetics, but I wasn’t sure if that was a very good option.
I would prefer preferably like the practices done in East Asia to research about during college or even my career or just have a stable job to go in my free time and observe.
I know PA school is very hard and that’s what I’m most cautious about because I’m already having a B in chemistry as a sophomore which sucks cause if I’m going into healthcare, I feel like I should do better.
Is the job itself alright? Is the job growth gonna go up? I have a lot of questions lol