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Wow, that is significantly higher than the numbers I've seen both from publications and vets I've worked for. Definitely encouraging to hear. Maybe NC just pays less with the glut of vets here.
I think NC also pays less because pet owners (at least in much of the state) really aren't willing to spend much on care. Attitudes towards animals are different here than in other areas. I can probably count on one hand the number of my clients who could/would pay $3k for a FB!
I made just over $100k for a couple of years in GP, starting just two years after graduation. Worked 45-50 hrs/wk in a really hectic, chaotic, multi-doctor practice that took a ton of walk-ins. No joke, the boss would come up behind us and yell "Zoom! Zoom! Get 'em in, get 'em out!!" Haven't made six figures since then, but currently content with making $82k for working alternating 30/40-hr wks in a less-chaotic practice (though it's corporate, so that has a separate set of headaches). It is kind of a bummer to be ten years out of school and making 20% less than I was making two years out, though!