Salaries (based on 2012 statistics for a physician who has been in practice for 6 years):
Starting Nurse: $40,000
Experienced Nurse: $70,000
Naturopathic Physician: $90,000-$200,000
Pharmacist: $120,000
Hospital CEO: $600,000
Allergists: $246,000
Anesthesiologists: $360,000
Cardiac Surgeons: $522,875.00
Cardiologists: $402,000
Colorectal surgeons: $389,700
Critical Care: $258,750
Dermatologists: $365,000
Emergency Physician: $270,000
Radiologists: $443,850
Endocrinologist: $214,550
Family Medicine: $199,850
Gastroenterology: $398,800
General Surgery: $350,000
Gynecologists: $402,000
Oncology: $314,800
Hospitalists: $210,950
Nephrology: $252,000
Neurosurgery: $589,500
Neurology: $237,000
Ophthalmology: $248,000
Orthopedic surgery: $485,500
Otolaryngology (ENT): $350,000
Pediatric Surgery: $401,000
Pediatrics: $202,500
Plastic Surgery: $382,000
Psychiatry: $211,000
Pulmonary: $298,000
Rheumatology: $220,500
Trauma Surgery: $400,000
Urology: $400,000
Vascular Surgery: $205,000
Average hours worked per week on average:
Nurse: 40 hours
Naturopathic physician: 40 hours
Pharmacist: 43 hours
General Practitioner: 60 hours
Hospital CEO: 50 hours
General Surgeon: 71 hours
Resident (Doctor in training, first 3-5 years of career): 80 hours
