Hmm, I thought Doctors on the government payroll didn’t earn much of anything.
In the federal govt, doctors with rare skills can earn more than the salary limit, but I have never heard of regular docs getting this kind of compensation.
I have no idea what goes on in California, I dont even like to think about the place.
She’s really not paid that much on a relative scale. The average anesthesiologist in LA/OC makes about $400,000 per year. She’s at the top of her profession it appears and making “just” an average salary.
That said, as a physician, I happen to think that anesthesiologists and radiologists are probably the most overpaid of all physicians. Needless to say, I’m not an anesthesiologist or a radiologist. ;)
Those salaries will drop. In the 1990s it was believed that CRNAs would begin to replace anesthesiologists, so no one went into anesthesiology. Turns out that was completely wrong and really impractical. So supply was way down and demand way up for anesthesiologists. Hence their salries—well above most general surgeons with better hours.
CRNAs make more than many primary care physicians, for that matter.
It’s actually much more difficult than you think being a doctor for the county. Many doctors treat inmates or indigents who are looking for a reason to sue the deep pockets of the County of Los Angeles. The potential to lose your license is ever present in this situation. It’s worse than being a veterinarian since you don’t know whether to believe a patient or not.