first year residency salary?

[craig]

I hope this question is appropriate to this forum, since it is about earning a living. Can anyone tell me what is the least salary someone can expect to earn during first year of residency? What about second and third years?

[docsohaib]

in ny, avg 1st yr salary is about $41-43K, and elsewhere about $37-41K depending on the location...besides your base salary, you get money for conferences which varies program to program, healthcare for yourself and family/spouse, and free food during on-call days...subsequent yrs your salary increases by 1-2K per yr depending on program