salary in different locations

[stems]

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Hi,

What sort of salaries do new radoncs pull if they go to the "undesired" locations of in the US? What are the salaries in the more desirable metropolitan areas? I'm specifically looking for the average income differences for new grads.

 

[ramsesthenice]

I wouldn't hold my breath on getting specific answers. This is a semi-private forum, but not one so private I think many people will give you more than estimates of what other people make. No matter where you look in the country I would wager that 85+% of new grads will fall between $175-300K for their first year or so after residency. Desireable and academic locations will tend to be on the lower end, less desirable locations and private will be on the higher end. Even in specific locations there is still a lot of spread so unless you get a ton of answeres I'd take them with a grain of salt.

 

[Gfunk6]

For underserved areas you can pull $300-$350k easily. If they are desperate then you can pull > $400k. In these cases you are probably the only Rad Onc so coverage and peer review will likely be a problem.

For saturated areas, expect < $250k in most cases. If they smell desperation on you though, it can go even lower.

 

[medgator]

For underserved areas you can pull $300-$350k easily. If they are desperate then you can pull > $400k. In these cases you are probably the only Rad Onc so coverage and peer review will likely be a problem.

For saturated areas, expect < $250k in most cases. If they smell desperation on you though, it can go even lower.

Agreed. I'd also add the caveat that hospital based positions in those areas and most areas in general are more likely to show you a nice salary upfront. Private practice will start you lower but then you see a big boost after a year or two

I personally know of examples of $225k in saturated west coast areas for private practice and $400k+ in rural hospital-based positions

 

[californiaXRT]

It's pretty weird that it isn't easier to find out about potential salaries.

I did hear that there are jobs in major cities like Chicago and LA where you can make 600k in private practice. Not sure how common or rare that is.

 

[Gfunk6]

It's pretty weird that it isn't easier to find out about potential salaries.

I did hear that there are jobs in major cities like Chicago and LA where you can make 600k in private practice. Not sure how common or rare that is.

You can absolutely make > $600k as partner even in 'desirable' cities. Keep in mind though that the OP was asking about starting income for new grads.

 

[ohioapplicant]

During one of my interviews this season, a senior faculty member was grumbling that a recent grad that went into PP was making more than him, he started mumbling a bit but I could have swore I heard something about 500k working 40 hours a week.

 

[ramsesthenice]

I will say our graduates this year made out exceedingly well. Good locations for them and great salaries. Better than I expected based on what had read and heard people say before. It was very encouraging.

 

[OTN]

During one of my interviews this season, a senior faculty member was grumbling that a recent grad that went into PP was making more than him, he started mumbling a bit but I could have swore I heard something about 500k working 40 hours a week.

I'm not sure what the senior faculty member expected. That's kind of the situation when it comes to academics. You give up a fair bit of salary, but in return you get significantly decreased financial risk and someone else to dictate/contour/run the service while you jet off to conferences all over the place and do research. If the salaries were the same why on Earth would anyone ever go into private practice?