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Cute-Interest3362 t1_j8xyrf3 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Penn Medicine residents and fellows want a union, citing grueling workloads and 80-hour workweeks by nankles

Incorrect. The national average annual salary of US doctors is $183,500

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i_330 t1_j8y17ve wrote

It's probably a tiny bit more than that (I would estimate low 200s), which is good money, but people often forget the INSANE amounts of debt we take on for med school. I'm finishing up my third year and 200k in the hole, and I'm one of the lucky ones because I don't have undergrad debt. Some of my classmates are on track to hit $500k in debt by graduation :(

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orpheus2708 t1_j8y1vjd wrote

And at penn it’s even lower. Hospitalists at penn start at the mid $140s. After 10+ years post residency they can expect to be in the $200s.

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