Interesting article

[Dr. Don]

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hello all, long time no talk with some of you SDN veterans. I just wanted to share this article I came across at MSN.

check out the link

http://editorial.careers.msn.com/articles/highestpay/

I didn't realize peds made so much.

take care you all

 

[ndi_amaka]

I read the same article too and I was surprised as well. At least in Texas, anesthesiologists make way more than that. ANd I thought with all the malpractice insurance that OBGYN's have to carry that they wouldn't make as much as 137,000.

I do know that pediatrics can pay over 120K but I think it also depends on your career level and what kind of practice your in.

 

[oldtimer]

I don't know how the authors crunched the numbers, but I think that list is a bunch of shi$. Just my 2 cents.

 

[jlee9531]

well im glad that peds are paid a good salary.

they are the ones that take care of the health and welfare of our future generations. kids are precious and they should deserve the best care.

now if we can just get all of them insured....

 

[surfsup]

I'm very skeptical of these numbers as well

 

[musiclink213]

actually, if u want a better listing of the stats for whatever field, go to the usdept of labor website. (i think that's what it is) they have starting salaries, 10 year estimates, blah blah. i had to do it for an eco project once.

 

[Teufelhunden]

The problem with the Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers is that they only compile salaries of employees. Most physicians are not "employed," per se, which is why these numbers are so whacked out.

The Bureau of Labor does not compile the incomes of physicians in private practice, hence the enourmous disparity between these numbers and the actual numbers.

 

[exmike]

dentists are in "education" half as long and make 96% of the average physician. good deal.

 

[plusminus]

Remember at the bottom it says:

"Figures reflect mean hourly pay projected out to a year-round, full-time annual average."

They are projecting out mean hourly salary times a forty hour work week to get an annual salary. I would suspect surgeons (and most doctors) work more than a 40 hour work week. If their hourly pay is based on TOTAL hours worked than a surgeon would fall more accurately into a 50 hour work week and thus his annual salary would be over $170,000. I suspect this is why the numbers are abnormally low.