Traditional OB/GYN vs Laborist Salary

[Metamorphosis.DO]

Wondering if I could get some numbers on OB/GYN salary for traditional vs laborist. Applying to OBGYN soon and hoping to get some solid numbers as I’ve considered doing shift work at some point in my career.

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[anonperson]

Wondering if I could get some numbers on OB/GYN salary for traditional vs laborist. Applying to OBGYN soon and hoping to get some solid numbers as I’ve considered doing shift work at some point in my career.

This is region specific.

Salary and job duties for traditional jobs will vary based on location and practice type.

There are MGMA numbers out there if you search the board.

The practice I left was hospital based. 5 in house calls a month with office hours as well. Mix of OB and GYN. The new compensation structure makes it so you can make around $400k with your typical workload.

The main downside is the 5 in house calls.

As a contrast, there is a FQHC that is offering $320k for Monday through Friday work (plus one half Saturday a month) for clinic and OR. No call duties whatsoever.

Laborist jobs vary. If you join an academic institution and function in that capacity it will depend on their pay structure.

If you do locums laborists or get employed by an OB hospitalist group, typically you are doing 7 or 8 twenty four hour shifts a month. Can approach 300k or more but you could be covering some terrible hospitals with little support.

 

[arsene19]

Midatlantic datapoint: OBHG w2 position 175/hr. 24 hour shifts.

5 shifts in a 4 week period gets you full w2 benefits (BCBS and Voya401k which can be all Roth).

So that’s 5x24x13 = 1560 hrs per year, around 273k gross.

Pretty good hospital, stable LD nurse staff and about 60% shifts have midwife.

Good work life balance for sure better than PP

 

[anonperson]

Midatlantic datapoint: OBHG w2 position 175/hr. 24 hour shifts.

5 shifts in a 4 week period gets you full w2 benefits (BCBS and Voya401k which can be all Roth).

So that’s 5x24x13 = 1560 hrs per year, around 273k gross.

Pretty good hospital, stable LD nurse staff and about 60% shifts have midwife.

Good work life balance for sure better than PP

Interesting that they only need 5 shifts a month.

How many deliveries does the laborist do personally? ER coverage as well? Are the mid wives reasonable or dragging you in when it's a disaster?

High proportion of druggies and unassigned patients?

The pay for the amount of work is okay. The main problem goes back to the 24 hour shift. That is physically tough. I did a 24 hour of shift after not having done one in nearly 3 years and it was a grind. I was counting down the hours by 1am.

The field in general is flawed. The amount of work that is done is grossly underpaid for the erratic hours and high liability.

 

[arsene19]

Interesting that they only need 5 shifts a month.

How many deliveries does the laborist do personally? ER coverage as well? Are the mid wives reasonable or dragging you in when it's a disaster?

High proportion of druggies and unassigned patients?

The pay for the amount of work is okay. The main problem goes back to the 24 hour shift. That is physically tough. I did a 24 hour of shift after not having done one in nearly 3 years and it was a grind. I was counting down the hours by 1am.

The field in general is flawed. The amount of work that is done is grossly underpaid for the erratic hours and high liability.

On average one delivery a shift, maybe a cervidil. Helps the privates in c/s if too tricky for in house PA. ER coverage but one OR case every 4 shifts or so. Pay is better than what was making in private practice. Thank you private equity for bringing shift work to OB!!! PP is dead at least around here.

 

[arsene19]

Yeah 24 hr is tough. Hospital sleep is still hospital sleep. But if you like OB, no better way to do it…until they start splitting up these shifts into 12s or 8s

 

[anonperson]

On average one delivery a shift, maybe a cervidil. Helps the privates in c/s if too tricky for in house PA. ER coverage but one OR case every 4 shifts or so. Pay is better than what was making in private practice. Thank you private equity for bringing shift work to OB!!! PP is dead at least around here.

Private practice was paying around $270k?

 

[arsene19]

For 0.75 fte yup, pre covid

Hopefully new grads are seeing 400 now.