Australians have been shocked by how little a doctor is paid despite working long shifts in a hospital.
Melbourne emergency department doctor said Get ahead He currently earns $40 per hour.
“I make enough to support myself,” he said in a TikTok.
The doctor revealed that he had spent seven years at university and that his salary “increases as you gain more experience.”
Social media users were still baffled by how low his salary is now.
‘The system is MESSAGE. Pay our medical professionals more,” one person wrote.
Another wrote that his mother receives $43 an hour to remove graffiti from train stations.
Another spoke for many by writing, “I thought (doctors) made a lot more.”
Online commentators were shocked at how little a doctor (pictured) is paid at an Australian hospital.
The doctor did not say how long he had been on the job, but he is most likely in his first year after finishing his studies.
According to the Queensland Department of Health, a resident doctor in their second year after finishing university earns $45.46 per hour.
That can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, depending on the area of medicine a doctor may pursue, but it comes after very high fees for all the years spent in college.
The annual cost of studying medicine in Australia ranges from $10,000 to $40,000 per year for a domestic student, depending on where the person studies and whether it is an undergraduate or postgraduate specialization.
International students can pay up to $80,000 a year to study medicine in Australia.
However, a big advantage that a medical degree has over other qualifications is your employment prospects.
“I make enough to support myself,” he said, after spending seven years in college to get where he is.
“It’s almost guaranteed” you’ll get a job as soon as you qualify, the Melbourne doctor said.
But he cautioned that people should pursue medicine as a career “only if you really like it.” Don’t start medicine just because you want to get money.’
He said working in the ED means spending 40 hours a week doing early morning, late night and weekend shifts.
“This is affecting my social life, because I don’t really have weekends off,” the doctor said.
Despite not earning a huge salary now, you can expect to earn more in the future, especially if you specialize.
He The highest paying areas of medicine in Australia include nEurosurgeons, who earn between $300,000 and $800,000 a year, cardiothoracic surgeons, between $300,000 and $700,000, orthopedic surgeons, between $250,000 and $650,000, and plastic and reconstructive surgeons, between $200,000 and $600,000.
The young doctor’s starting salary is noticeably lower compared to some professionals where traffic controllers earn more than $100,000 a year.
