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Old 04-20-2007, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by GeorgeMD2B View Post
A friend of mine just finished his residency in psychiatry, he was offered a job in an Illinois mental health facility for the sum of 89K per year. 220K+? Maybe in private practice. Podiatrists in the boondocks could make 400K+ AFTER COSTS ARE deducted.
Sometimes very underserved areas will subsidize a salary to get someone. I know a guy who was offered a job as an internist for something like $400K per year. He went to visit the area and came back with the opinion there was NO WAY he could live there for the contract period (3 years).
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