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1. Doctors are paid very well. Much better than most tech jobs. Starting salaries after all residences/fellowships are completed and board exams passed are $250
by imgabe 11y ago
1. Doctors are paid very well. Much better than most tech jobs. Starting salaries after all residences/fellowships are completed and board exams passed are $250k+. Doctors can also moonlight even while in residency (after passing board exams I think) for, from what I've heard, about $1k per 12 hour shift (~$83/hr).
2. Nurses are also pretty well paid and eligible for overtime in most cases.
That said, there's a big push lately to limit the number of hours doctors are allowed to work in a row. It was common to pull 36 hour shifts in some cases (with naps/downtime but still in the hospital and on call), but now people are starting to realize that having sleep-deprived people administering medical treatment is not such a good idea.
- abawany 11y agoRe. 2 I learnt to my great astonishment yesterday that that is not necessarily true: ER nurses in Austin are paid $25/hr since the town pretty much has two large conglomerates that manage all healthcare [1]. It really makes one wonder why healthcare is so expensive in this country. My only explanation for the motivation of doctors/nurses to overwork/burn-out is that compared to a typical tech job, their work saves human lives. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/4emntv/question_for_er_nurses_from_one_who_is_moving/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/4emntv/question_for...
- imgabe 11y agoThere's a number of different certifications a nurse might have, so it's tough to say without knowing if that's for RN/LPN/CNA. $25/hour is ~$50k per year before overtime. But that does sound low compared to some other salaries I've seen in other areas. I think around here it's more like $40+/hr for an RN.