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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The median salary for a pediatrician is $190k:

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291221.htm

So you’re telling me there’s only a $20k delta between a UPS truck driver that has obtained no skills and no education vs a children’s doctor that has a bachelor’s degree, a medical school degree, and post-MD training on top of needing to be board certified? Ridiculous. Oh and with the $300k in med school debt.

They’re overpaying the drivers by a lot.  FedEx pays way less. It’s going to crush UPS once this is reflected in the prices. [/quote]

This is completely disingenuous.

The physician is making a median salary for a pediatrician.  That is the amount of salary they are paid and does not include benefits.  That does not include health and dental benefits, long term care, paid time off, retirement benefits, and many more benefits.

The UPS drivers are being paid $170K total compensation.  They are paid $90K-102K in salary plus an additional $68-80K in benefits.

The pediatrician is still being paid almost double what the driver is being paid.  Plus, the drivers are getting extra as a hiring incentive.  UPS does not have enough drivers and they have to offer more as an incentive to get more people to apply.  This is no different than companies offering hiring bonuses for hard-to-fill positions.  Frankly, there is not a huge shortage of pediatricians to fill open positions.  While we could use more pediatricians, there aren't enough hospitals, clinics and practices that are hiring pediatricians relative to the number that are applying.  There are more applicants than available positions right now.  That is not true for drivers.[/quote]

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