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Hi all.
I'd be interested in hearing "real" figures of what different physicians are making today. I know, burdened with high medical school debt, many people are shying away from Family practice, Pediatrics, or IM...but I recently read some figures in Med Economics that made me think:
Many FPs in urban areas start (in a group practice) less than $100k/year. One person advocated starting a new FP at $85k/year. Is that really the norm?
On the other hand, they noted that a rural FP in Wisconsin had a $120k/year offer.
Other salaries I have heard (for new physicians):
Internal Med (group): $135k
Internal Med (acad): $120k
Pediatrics (group): $110k
Emergency Med (acad, wisconsin): $160k
Emergency Med (acad, califor): $140k
Emergency Med (private, wis): $205k
Emergency Med (private, cal): $160k
Orthopedics (acad): $195k
Cardiology (private): $205k
Corporate Law (junior associate): $135k + bonus
Accountant (CPA): $80k + bonus
Systems design (math PhD): $110k + options
While some of these sound right, I was shocked to learn FPs and Peds regularly make under 100k (for many years!). With those primary care salaries unlikely to go up anywhere soon (there's now enough PCPs), how are they going to attract new people?
Has anyone else heard real-life salary figures?
I'd be interested in hearing "real" figures of what different physicians are making today. I know, burdened with high medical school debt, many people are shying away from Family practice, Pediatrics, or IM...but I recently read some figures in Med Economics that made me think:
Many FPs in urban areas start (in a group practice) less than $100k/year. One person advocated starting a new FP at $85k/year. Is that really the norm?
On the other hand, they noted that a rural FP in Wisconsin had a $120k/year offer.
Other salaries I have heard (for new physicians):
Internal Med (group): $135k
Internal Med (acad): $120k
Pediatrics (group): $110k
Emergency Med (acad, wisconsin): $160k
Emergency Med (acad, califor): $140k
Emergency Med (private, wis): $205k
Emergency Med (private, cal): $160k
Orthopedics (acad): $195k
Cardiology (private): $205k
Corporate Law (junior associate): $135k + bonus
Accountant (CPA): $80k + bonus
Systems design (math PhD): $110k + options
While some of these sound right, I was shocked to learn FPs and Peds regularly make under 100k (for many years!). With those primary care salaries unlikely to go up anywhere soon (there's now enough PCPs), how are they going to attract new people?
Has anyone else heard real-life salary figures?