Veterinary Specialties and Salaries

[Beckett]

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Is there any place where I can go to find out about the various specialities in veterinary and their salaries that is up-to-date? Thanks everyone! 😀

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Is there any place where I can go to find out about the various specialities in veterinary and their salaries that is up-to-date? Thanks everyone! 😀

Specialty salaries vary a lot as to whether you are working in private practice or at a teaching hospital. Which were you more interested in?

Search function also helps 😉

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=526047

However, I feel that a LOT of these are overblown, even though the info was from 2007. Most of the (DVM, board certified plus PhD) pathologists at my insitution make more like 80-110k, not 150k. But then again, that's academia.

 

[Beckett]

I'm interested in finding out more about pathology, microbiology, and ophto and what the job availability is like. Ideally, I would like to find a specialty that I very much enjoy. I know I have 4+ years to get through but a little research never hurt anyone.

Yeah, I kind of figured about the salaries bit. From what I've heard veterinary salaries vary quiet a lot. It's somewhat confusing to me because some sources quote the average vet salary as being around $100,000 a year (not counting internships), but I'm going to guess there are jobs which skew the average?

EDIT: Thanks! I found the topic listing specialties, but not this one.

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Well, I'm a path resident 🙂 If you're interested in more details about path (clin path or anatomic, although I know more about the latter), feel free to PM me. I can tell you that generally, anatomic pathology and micro prefer or outright require a PhD for many of the jobs - most pathology or micro residencies are "combined programs" now because of that (residency + PhD). I love love LOVE my field, but it is a long trek - 7+ years of work after your DVM while earning low resident and postdoc salaries is rough. All I know about optho is that it's quite competitive because there are few slots.

Job market kind of sucks for everyone right now, so I can't really speak to that.

 

[Beckett]

Well, I'm a path resident 🙂 If you're interested in more details about path (clin path or anatomic, although I know more about the latter), feel free to PM me. I can tell you that generally, anatomic pathology and micro prefer or outright require a PhD for many of the jobs - most pathology or micro residencies are "combined programs" now because of that (residency + PhD). I love love LOVE my field, but it is a long trek - 7+ years of work after your DVM while earning low resident and postdoc salaries is rough. All I know about optho is that it's quite competitive because there are few slots.

Job market kind of sucks for everyone right now, so I can't really speak to that.

Maybe I should have continued down the starving artist route. 😉 I'll definitely take you up on your offer after I do some reading. Thanks taking the time to reply to this little peon.