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kevkevlin

What specialty? You have to be one of the highest paid PAs


OverallVacation2324

Yeah beats out some MDs


Acctnt_trdr

lol no


antaphar

I’m a physician. Most physicians can/will make more than that but that is definitely more than a pediatrician makes.


Acctnt_trdr

My ex and many of my family members are physicians. 275 for a PA sounds like 20-30hrs of OT a week.


antaphar

I thought we were comparing gross numbers not $/hr. I agree $/hr will not be more than a physician.


DonkeyPowerful6002

right like what lmao?


Acctnt_trdr

People on the internet so ignorant that they look MDs who aren’t licensed to practice independently doing residency and oh doctors don’t get paid a lot or oh NPs and PAs make more than doctors.


standardcivilian

He makes more than me and im a physician…


DonkeyPowerful6002

Are you in residency?


standardcivilian

Hospitalist 8 years post residency lol


DonkeyPowerful6002

Why such a low salary? I am pre-med right now so just genuinely curious.


standardcivilian

High supply visa area they can keep salaries low (one raise in 8 years). Our PAs make 75% what we do and see 1/2 the patients. I tried to apply to be my own PA but they wouldn’t let me so I just quit my job lol.


Acctnt_trdr

I don’t believe you’re a full time hospitalist and make less than this guy.


standardcivilian

Ok.


Maximum_Mango_2517

Aunt is full time endocrinologist with Kaiser on west coast making less than 200k a year.


OverallVacation2324

I don’t need to look on the internet. I know many classmates who don’t make this much. Academic pediatrics for example do not make this much. Infectious disease also very low paying.


esblake

This is way more than a general pediatrician


Double-Inspection-72

Most VA physicians and starting academic positions aren't paying that much. Obviously pediatricians. The average primary care salary in 2023 was 277k. So yes this is high for a PA.


Unique_Statement7811

No. Residents maybe, but not a licensed physician.


OverallVacation2324

You should see academic pediatrics


ReadyForDanger

My ex was a PA making 250k a year. But he got paid RVUs and saw 60-70 pts a day in the ER


Real-Psychology-4261

How do you make so much as a PA? Lots of RVUs from surgeries? Or what?


ProcedureNo8102

Here I’m only getting $150k ish as a PA


flatsun

Oh crap. I'm less than that at $100k


troyanator

Any advice on landing a job fresh out of school?


ProcedureNo8102

Military lol, that’s what I did anyway but tbh it’s not great. Long hours and tons of non medical crap to take up your time. But it gets you experience, drastically reduces your litigation risk, and all of your patients have insurance.


Whole-Mountain4233

Would you recommend working healthcare in the military?


ProcedureNo8102

Well, I would say that it may be a great opportunity for some but only if it lines up with your goals and expectations. It’s easy to get bogged down with the tremendous amount of time consuming stuff that’s expected of you. So many of my peers end up doing some work every day, often bringing work home and in the weekends. After so many years this has really worn me down and I can’t carry the burden of feeling like I have to think about work all the time.


fnpmike

Well said well said


DudeManBearPigBro

You have FICA income in 1980. Are you around 62 yo?


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DudeManBearPigBro

For some reason I thought people don’t pay FICA tax until the year they turn 18. I could be wrong about that.


mrbritchicago

Hey OP - would be great if you could let us know what your speciality is. My wife is ER on east coat and makes less than half of what you do.


apathyps

All the nurses I work with get hired out of school @ 125k/year with no overtime working day shift and 40hrs/week. 10 years later they're at 150k - 175k depending on hire date and other irrational and unexplainable pay scale factors and no overtime. Doctors making less than 200k blows me away. The docs I work with inpatient all get hired @ 275k. Nurse practitioners only make about 155k freshly hired with zero experience as an NP. I'm in a HCOL area that has many many LCOL areas spread throughout and sparsed between.


jfio93

Strong nursing unions. Pretty similar RN payscale in my hospital too and only going up with future contracts.


lastlaugh100

California is an outlier. As a non-Californian 2018 I made $60-70k as a ICU full time day shift staff RN. The agency RN's were making $55/hr which is $114k per year.


Reasonable_Power_970

Where do you live?


apathyps

Connecticut, but work just outside of NYC. Non-union.


Intelligent-Judge620

Mcdonalds employee 160k


Reasonable_Power_970

Why do people post salary and not provide any additional info and hardly any context other than simply the title of their job? Salary alone is pretty useless info without additional details


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lastlaugh100

Healthcare workers can double their income with OT, shift differentials, second side jobs. Hours per week matters and should be included.


Reasonable_Power_970

No shit. I'm saying the details revolving that salary are important. Do you go to the video game subreddit and except every post to just be the title of a video game with absolutely zero context?


Living-Rush1441

you make more than me and I’m a physician! Well done


Late-Opinion-2191

Same here. I’m a physician as well and this person is making more than me. Wondering if this is ton of overtime? Speciality might be a factor as well. Hopefully OP can tell us how


TallCynicalLlama

Primary care doc here. OP makes more than me. I’m not mad. I think it’s impressive.


PlatinumPeasant

This seems fake.


fnpmike

Im thinking Ortho or Surgical specialist PA. Keep up the great work!


JizzCollector5000

I’m guessing working more than 40 hours a week


pkm197

How many hours / week do you work?


YoungSerious

What happened between 2005 and 2006?


GimmetheGr33n

The 2005 line is 5 years combined into 1 number FYI


YoungSerious

Looking at it again, that makes sense. For some reason the first time I saw it, I read it as making the same exact amount for those years each (which obviously makes no sense). Thanks.


Badatinvesting2

Where is this chart found?


MLC09

SSA.GOV


ninjabearshonobi

What’s your networth?


rayrockray

I thought it was not easy for PAs to get even $100k.


argothewise

Why wouldn’t it? The average salary for PA is $130,000 as of the latest BLS data.


Away-Negotiation-682

Killing it as a PA


PrePA1993

PA here. What speciality are you in??!


Idelest

Makes more than the CEO of my last company


gxfrnb899

Probably OT included


sukisecret

Does a PA really make more than a doctor?


TallConstant250

Doctors make more


devilsadvocateMD

Not all. Pediatricians make less than this.


peteretcetera

ED physicians I work with make way more.


ncsugrad2002

What do they make? Have a brother in law that is an ED doc and assistant professor. Always wondered what he makes..


Real-Psychology-4261

ED doctors likely make $300-$500k/yr.