America's Best- And Worst-Paying Jobs

[ub4me]

Linky

Is this related to the structural problem of health-related business?

 

[senseamp]

Yep, thank the AMA for limiting supply of new doctors. Econ 101.

 

[illusion88]

I hold the 9th worst paying job in the country!! W00t!

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: ub4me
Linky

Is this related to the structural problem of health-related business?

I'm sure the 11-16 years of education after high school have nothing to do it.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Sweet, glad I'm in Information Systems.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Yep, thank the AMA for limiting supply of new doctors. Econ 101.

seriously...its absurd how difficult it is to get into medical school.

but the healthcare situation in the country also has a lot to do with it.

 

[Descartes]

Honestly, I was expecting the mean salary for anesthesiologists to be higher. I also didn't know that gaming dealers were paid so low.

 

[jaybert]

rofl...that gaming dealers thing is so wrong at #4 or 5 on the worst paid list. thats because they dont include tips!! Dealers are decent casinos can easily pull in $75,000-$100,000 or more, mostly from tips.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Orthodontists get paid more than what that article says from what I understand...

 

[tasmanian]

How do laundry and dry cleaning workers get paid more then short order cooks?

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: senseamp
Yep, thank the AMA for limiting supply of new doctors. Econ 101.

esplain pls

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: ub4me
Linky

Is this related to the structural problem of health-related business?

is there a list? the slideshow sucks

 

[Regs]

Whoo, I want to be a Airline Pilot.

 

[Slew Foot]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Honestly, I was expecting the mean salary for anesthesiologists to be higher. I also didn't know that gaming dealers were paid so low.

Im not sure where the mean of 180K comes from. I dont know any full timers who make less than 230K.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot

Originally posted by: Descartes
Honestly, I was expecting the mean salary for anesthesiologists to be higher. I also didn't know that gaming dealers were paid so low.

Im not sure where the mean of 180K comes from. I dont know any full timers who make less than 230K.

You have to take into account non-urban and non-suburban settings. I'm willing to bet there are quite a few rural doctors who make less than the national average.

 

[Regs]

Pharmacists in my area alone make well over 100k a year.

 

[senseamp]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: senseamp
Yep, thank the AMA for limiting supply of new doctors. Econ 101.

esplain pls

AMA works to keep the number of medical schools small to keep the supply from meeting demand, which results in higher prices.

 

[jupiter57]

My job description falls under "Engineering Managers", but I certainly don't, have never, and never will, make $110K Yr.! (I must be on the low end of that spectrum)
Nice to know I work in the top 25 paying jobs, though.

 

[Slew Foot]

Rural docs in many cases make more than urban ones since no one wants to work there and they have to pay more to attract people. I was offered jobs in dooneyville Kentucky for 450K right out of residency, but elected to stay in CA for about half that.

And no increasing the supply of docs wont decrease your health costs. Unless you're paying completely in cash for everything, costs/prices are regulated by insurance companies, not the physician themself. If you want to lower your cost, you either need to go to a complete FFS system, or have more insurance companies to compete against each other.


EDIT: This is specifically in regard to Anesthesiologists. We're a little different than most docs in that we make a relatively flat salary from the hospital, instead of being paid by the patients that we see.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: senseamp
Yep, thank the AMA for limiting supply of new doctors. Econ 101.

seriously...its absurd how difficult it is to get into medical school.

but the healthcare situation in the country also has a lot to do with it.

actually the healthcare system in this country is the main reason why Docs are making over 50% less then they were for the same things 10+ years ago

 

[msparish]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: senseamp
Yep, thank the AMA for limiting supply of new doctors. Econ 101.

esplain pls

The AMA sets an artificial cap on the number of doctors. There are thousands of people (capable of becoming very good physicians) who are rejected from med school every year. Lower supply leads to higher prices.

That said, I had originally planned to become a physician, but decided I didn't want to go to school for that much longer despite the huge pay day.

 

[senseamp]

Originally posted by: jupiter57
My job description falls under "Engineering Managers", but I certainly don't, have never, and never will, make $110K Yr.! (I must be on the low end of that spectrum)
Nice to know I work in the top 25 paying jobs, though.

I am a plain engineer, not even a manager, and I am almost there. But I am in the Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, San Jose metro where the engineering manager gets $150K.

 

[RapidSnail]

OMG Freaky!

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail
OMG Freaky!

Pedophile?

 

[Slew Foot]

Originally posted by: msparish

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: senseamp
Yep, thank the AMA for limiting supply of new doctors. Econ 101.

esplain pls

The AMA sets an artificial cap on the number of doctors. There are thousands of people (capable of becoming very good physicians) who are rejected from med school every year. Lower supply leads to higher prices.

That said, I had originally planned to become a physician, but decided I didn't want to go to school for that much longer despite the huge pay day.

HAHA, after you sit on a medical admission committee, tell me that there are thousands of people who can stand the grind of med school and still come out good docs. Up to 20% of the med students that do get in, end up being.... scary, to say the least.