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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a physician and this is spot on.  The recruiter jobs that pay the best aren't in desirable locations and the md/dc area pays physicians worse than a lot of other areas.  A lot or physicians I know aren't making $500k, although there are some very well paid specialists in the hospital I work in based on the 990.  A few in the $2-3 million range. But that's the exception and they work crazy for this[/quote]

I'll clarify my initial point...there are 3 buckets most of the jobs I see fall into:

1. High-paying jobs in desirable urban areas.  Often private practices attached to prestigious institutions.  These fill via word of mouth and often via personal connections (e.g. I know a couple cases of parent not retiring until their own child replaces them).  These are the best jobs, and it's true you will never see them via an ad or a recruiter.  Best way to get one is be born lucky or be an absolute rock star as a resident working alongside the partners.

2. Average jobs in undesirable (rural) areas.  Lucrative for the average physician but not always more lucrative than jobs from #1.  This is the bread and butter of recruiting because spots are hard to fill and turn over can be high.

3. Average jobs in desirable (urban) areas.  Often there is so much physician demand that these hospitals don't have to recruit much, they can just retain their own residents.  But not always.  Sometimes a new facility will open and they need 5 new anesthesiologists or EM docs in a very short period.  Salaries are low but call schedules and benefits (time off) tend to be better because they can cover the schedule cheaper/more easily.

The highest non-elective annual pay I ever saw was $5.5m for a neurosurgeon in Alaska about a decade ago.  He did pretty much nothing but work.  Not one of my clients but it came out in a public divorce filing.[/quote]

A friend of mine is dating a pediatric cardiac surgeon. How much do you think that pays?[/quote]

Varies widely but at least $500k.  They earn every penny, it's a terrible lifestyle.[/quote]

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