Anybody know why Military Salaries are listed so high for Nuclear Medicine?

[DrNakLeng]

Hi,

I was recently researching different military specialties and came across this pay scale on the DFAS website. It shows nuclear medicine as being a category I specialty with a huge retention bonus. I had heard that nuclear medicine has gone downhill over the years in terms of the job market so this quite surprised me. Am I interpreting this data wrong or can anybody with experience in military nuclear medicine let me know what their experience is? Thanks

Link:

Defense Finance and Accounting Service > MilitaryMembers > payentitlements > Pay Tables > HPO4

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[guytakingboards]

Hi,

I was recently researching different military specialties and came across this pay scale on the DFAS website. It shows nuclear medicine as being a category I specialty with a huge retention bonus. I had heard that nuclear medicine has gone downhill over the years in terms of the job market so this quite surprised me. Am I interpreting this data wrong or can anybody with experience in military nuclear medicine let me know what their experience is? Thanks

Link:

Defense Finance and Accounting Service > MilitaryMembers > payentitlements > Pay Tables > HPO4

Not in military medicine but just reading that table and notes that blurb says "Nuclear Medicine Internists only." I've met one nuc-med trained internist in my life; she trained over 30 years ago and has been outta practice for 20 years.

Basically everyone practicing nuc med these days is radiology/NM or NM only. I doubt most medicine people even know that nuc-med is a possible additional training pathway for them.