Yearly ER Wages $$$

[Ttan]

When I research emergency medicine salaries, I come up with a very loose average of 250-300k per year. Average hours worked are relatively low for physicians in general, 45-48 hours per week.

Then, if you turn around and look at a heavy working surgical subspecialty like Ortho, you see a higher average salary, but with average hours worked being a lot higher too, around 60 per week.

So say you went into emergency medicine, and you're intentions were to be a workaholic. Could you factor in the work hour difference to say that, for example, an ER doc working hours like an orthopod could elevate his salary from 300-400k? (ex. 300*1.33=399k)
Does ER work like this?

Thanks

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[BoardingDoc]

There are a ton of threads on this already.

Most recently here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/em-pay.1057890/#post-14993095

The short answer is: Yes. It is technically possible to work 60 hours/week as an EM doc and make a crapton of money, however it is not actually feasible to do so as you will crash and burn. Poke around the forums for reasons why as this question has come up many times in the past.

 

[GeneralVeers]

Range is anywhere from 180K - 450K depending on practice environment and location. Average work week is 30-40 hours/week (9 hour shifts x 4 =36 hours).

 

[Arcan57]

Searches exist for a reason. Finding threads on EM pay, workhours, and tolerable work load on the board is not exactly hunting down Bigfoot or chupacabras. And in case there's any mystery, salaried ED jobs are relatively rare (especially outside of academia) so pay is usually directly proportional to number of shifts worked.

 

[emergentmd]

If an ED doc works as much "hours" as a surgeon (60), they would make over 500k easy in texas

 

[Alvarez13]

And in case there's any mystery, salaried ED jobs are relatively rare (especially outside of academia) so pay is usually directly proportional to number of shifts worked.

Let's keep it that way.