What salaries are you curious about?

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Anonymous wrote:The nurses that put you asleep. We live next to husband/wife couple that does this and I was surprised to see they were sending their kids to private.

I think nurse anesthetists (I'm sure I spelled that wrong) make $180-$200k.

WTF...RNs make like 70 k, they are making DOUBLE plus???

Is there a reason everyone isn't running out to become a Nurse Anestheitist?

RN's fresh out of school make 70k, experienced nurses make much more. Nurse anesthetists have an extremely high liability therefor command a higher salary. It's not easy work nor is it an easy path to get there.

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Anonymous wrote:I am curious about in house attorney at telecom company with security clearance.

I know Senior Contracts Manager at systems integrator federal contractor-$135K

150k range.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope; it's not. Nurse anesthetists make a good living. And they can work a few days a week.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291151.htm

This is a national number, so I would expect DC to be higher than the averages. If the market is becoming saturated and that number is moving down, it will take a few years to show up on these stats.

That is a common misunderstanding. Healthcare provider salaries are actually lower in larger cities (i.e. DC) then they are in rural areas.

The boldest is a false statement. Rural hospitals pay much lower than city hospitals. It's a numbers game, rural populations are less so they see less patients therefor, need less staff.

The original bold is true. While the patient demand is a numbers game, so is the supply of doctors. Rural areas have a very hard time attracting doctors (especially specialists) and therefore, have to pay much higher salaries. In a large city like NYC or DC, patient demand is essentially capped due to the population but the supply of doctors is not. Doctors, like other folks, want to live in these cities and have to compete for jobs. I've seen the numbers for some specialties in really rural places like Alaska and the differences in pay are staggering. They can easily be 1/2 million higher in a really rural area.

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PP - I am only speaking of physician pay, not any other health care specialists.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope; it's not. Nurse anesthetists make a good living. And they can work a few days a week.

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291151.htm

This is a national number, so I would expect DC to be higher than the averages. If the market is becoming saturated and that number is moving down, it will take a few years to show up on these stats.

That is a common misunderstanding. Healthcare provider salaries are actually lower in larger cities (i.e. DC) then they are in rural areas.

The boldest is a false statement. Rural hospitals pay much lower than city hospitals. It's a numbers game, rural populations are less so they see less patients therefor, need less staff.

The original bold is true. While the patient demand is a numbers game, so is the supply of doctors. Rural areas have a very hard time attracting doctors (especially specialists) and therefore, have to pay much higher salaries. In a large city like NYC or DC, patient demand is essentially capped due to the population but the supply of doctors is not. Doctors, like other folks, want to live in these cities and have to compete for jobs. I've seen the numbers for some specialties in really rural places like Alaska and the differences in pay are staggering. They can easily be 1/2 million higher in a really rural area.

The bolded is totally false. The LOWEST physician salaries in the country are in the mid-atlantic cities (Philly, NYC, DC). Unless you are in a cash-only practice (which is precisely why so many physicians around here are).
Please don't speak of things you know nothing about.

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PP again:
this is the bolded that is false:

Rural hospitals pay much lower than city hospitals. It's a numbers game, rural populations are less so they see less patients therefor, need less staff.

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http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/compensation/2013/public
The contrast is even greater when you compare the NE cities to rural central America.

Why do physicians make the least in the NE?

-more managed care
-more doctors competing for patients
-higher cost of doing business

[Anonymous]

I am a CRNA:

made 180k working in Akron Ohio from 07-2011 (3 shifts (12.5 hours each)- considered full-time although slightly under 40 hours
make 178k working in DC 11-14 ( 4 shifts (10 hours each)


There was a lot more overtime opportunities at my old job. My DH is also in healthcare (ER physician) and makes only slightly more. We moved here and took a HUGE hit in standard of living!

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Fairfax County Public Schools Pay:
http://www.fcps.edu/hr/salary/salaryscales.shtml

This includes teachers and you can look up school psychologists, principals, occupational therapists, speech therapists, etc.

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VA state employee salaries: http://datacenter.timesdispatch.com/databases/salaries-virginia-state-employees-2012/