EMPABru Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Emergency Medicine, $85-100/hr depending on location I am working in, consistently over 160k per year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepgirl Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 1 hour ago, EMPABru said: Emergency Medicine, $85-100/hr depending on location I am working in, consistently over 160k per year. Which region of the country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1234 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 19 hours ago, EMPABru said: Emergency Medicine, $85-100/hr depending on location I am working in, consistently over 160k per year. What area of the country? COL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boli Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 10 hours ago, camoman1234 said: What area of the country? COL? Could be way off, but his user photo looks a lot like the Boston skyline from the pier. So I'm guessing Boston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ERCat Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I feel like there’s no correlation between what the pay is and the cost of living is. As an Arizona PA in the ER I make more than people in California even though our cost of living is like a third of theirs. I don’t understand why those hard-working folks aren’t making more money to make up for their very high cost-of-living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marinejiujitsu Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I feel like there’s no correlation between what the pay is and the cost of living is. As an Arizona PA in the ER I make more than people in California even though our cost of living is like a third of theirs. I don’t understand why those hard-working folks aren’t making more money to make up for their very high cost-of-living.It is getting better in California but unfortunately everything is more expensive too. Very common ER PAs making 200k now but when your house payment alone is 5-6k it's like a shot in the leg.Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 It is getting better in California but unfortunately everything is more expensive too. Very common ER PAs making 200k now but when your house payment alone is 5-6k it's like a shot in the leg.Sent from my SM-N950U using TapatalkRice a roni is the only thing out of San Francisco I'll afford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marinejiujitsu Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I know. Kron4 news stated you need to make 235k a year to own a house. :oRice a roni is the only thing out of San Francisco I'll affordSent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1234 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 On 6/14/2018 at 11:07 PM, ERCat said: I feel like there’s no correlation between what the pay is and the cost of living is. As an Arizona PA in the ER I make more than people in California even though our cost of living is like a third of theirs. I don’t understand why those hard-working folks aren’t making more money to make up for their very high cost-of-living. The beach, warm weather, 1 season, hot/warm...They are sacrificing pay for warmth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieo Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 On 6/20/2018 at 7:38 AM, camoman1234 said: The beach, warm weather, 1 season, hot/warm...They are sacrificing pay for warmth... The nurses don’t sacrifice their pay for it though. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1234 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 55 minutes ago, katieo said: The nurses don’t sacrifice their pay for it though. No but that is how life it, but they do live in a high COL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieo Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 14 hours ago, camoman1234 said: No but that is how life it, but they do live in a high COL. It’s how life is if you accept it. I’m saying they didn’t accept it. Maybe there’s something to be learned there. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1234 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 10 hours ago, katieo said: It’s how life is if you accept it. I’m saying they didn’t accept it. Maybe there’s something to be learned there. Dont live in Cali.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ak004 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Dont live in Cali....^^^ I second this statement, and I’m San Diego born and raisedSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 23, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 23, 2018 I would love to live in CA on the Coast from SLO north, but would need to make probably 300,000+/yr to have the same standard of living I have now. I was raised in SoCal and went to UCSC for undergrad and stayed for medic school . My parents' old house that they paid 75k for in 1977 is now selling in the millions. ( Zestimate®: $3,744,776 ) 1500 square feet. no ocean view. Dad was a physician with a busy practice. no way I'm moving back to the old neighborhoods anytime soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieo Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 15 hours ago, camoman1234 said: Dont live in Cali.... ... or do what the nurses do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieo Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 hours ago, EMEDPA said: I would love to live in CA on the Coast from SLO north, but would need to make probably 300,000+/yr to have the same standard of living I have now. I was raised in SoCal and went to UCSC for undergrad and stayed for medic school . My parents' old house that they paid 75k for in 1977 is now selling in the millions. ( Zestimate®: $3,744,776 ) 1500 square feet. no ocean view. Dad was a physician with a busy practice. no way I'm moving back to the old neighborhoods anytime soon... I hear you EMED. There’s definitely a price for living here that’s not worth it to many. Someone mentioned they make more in Arizona than the PAs do in CA. The nurses in Arizona don’t make more than the nurses in CA. That’s my point. I think the PAs in CA possibly haven’t advocated for themselves as well as the nurses have. Even with comparable (to what the nurses have) increases in pay, many PAs would not find it worth it to live in CA and I get that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 23, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 23, 2018 A PA/NP should make at least 1/3rd more than a nurse for similar levels of experience. not too many jobs out there offering $120/hr + full benefits... most of northern CA used to be cheap and rural. In 1992 I almost became the first paramedic in Mendocino county, until I found out they were only going to offer me emt-intermediate wages to do a paramedic's job and be on call whenever I wasn't at work....no thanks... same deal in Eureka. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 A PA/NP should make at least 1/3rd more than a nurse for similar levels of experience. not too many jobs out there offering $120/hr + full benefits... most of northern CA used to be cheap and rural. In 1992 I almost became the first paramedic in Mendocino county, until I found out they were only going to offer me emt-intermediate wages to do a paramedic's job and be on call whenever I wasn't at work....no thanks... same deal in Eureka.Sorry to decrease the census ;). I'm happy I'm finally getting what I deserve and worked hard for in this speciality!And in a state with no state income tax and COL and arguably better qol than new England.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2018 12 hours ago, delco714 said: Sorry to decrease the census ;). I'm happy I'm finally getting what I deserve and worked hard for in this speciality! And in a state with no state income tax and COL and arguably better qol than new England.. Vegas> Maine? explain that one to me....I guess I am biased. I consider ME, VT, and NH to be just about perfect and Nevada to be just outside of hell(hot, flat, dry, hours to drive to get anywhere, etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Vegas has mountains and outdoor stuff nearby too..Sure less water and no ocean.. No 6 months of winter, no real heating costs..more sunshine, better housing opportunity, no mosquitoes and black flies. Culture. Yeah I'll say it, outside Boston, NE is white. Boston is white too but liberal. NE is expensive for what it is. Dating pool sucks where I am. Vt nh are also fairly desolate. Good luck traveling during winter. Ultimately there is objective data that determines qol by standards..ie. Maine is stupid safe. But lest we not forget..qol is largely still subjective :). Vegas> Maine? explain that one to me....I guess I am biased. I consider ME, VT, and NH to be just about perfect and Nevada to be just outside of hell(hot, flat, dry, hours to drive to get anywhere, etc). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2018 22 minutes ago, delco714 said: Vegas has mountains and outdoor stuff nearby too..Sure less water and no ocean.. No 6 months of winter, no real heating costs..more sunshine, better housing opportunity, no mosquitoes and black flies. Culture. Yeah I'll say it, outside Boston, NE is white. Boston is white too but liberal. NE is expensive for what it is. Dating pool sucks where I am. Vt nh are also fairly desolate. Good luck traveling during winter. Ultimately there is objective data that determines qol by standards..ie. Maine is stupid safe. But lest we not forget..qol is largely still subjective :). fair enough. I am married and like snow and bodies of water and hate high temps(what about yr round ac costs?). I have family in Boston, NH, and VT. would love to go work with Kargiver's group in VT, but can't get the wife to leave the NW. My family is originally from Boston, but Dad took a job right out of residency in CA "for a few years" and stayed for > 20. I am the first member of my family in something like 10 generations to not attend an Ivy league college. the shame of it all....:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delco714 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 fair enough. I am married and like snow and bodies of water and hate high temps(what about yr round ac costs?). I have family in Boston, NH, and VT. would love to go work with Kargiver's group in VT, but can't get the wife to leave the NW. My family is originally from Boston, but Dad took a job right out of residency in CA "for a few years" and stayed for > 20. I am the first member of my family in something like 10 generations to not attend an Ivy league college. the shame of it all....:)Whole house Central cooling units and electricity (cheaper there than NE). So sqft and cool loss dependent. Research and examples from locals, mean I am paying about 30% more max on electricity. 60$ -> 80.. 100? 125? Don't care. I spent $2000 from nov to march on propane for heating my house, with Nest thermostat and low temps, and no children. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2018 30 minutes ago, delco714 said: 36 minutes ago, EMEDPA said: fair enough. I am married and like snow and bodies of water and hate high temps(what about yr round ac costs?). I have family in Boston, NH, and VT. would love to go work with Kargiver's group in VT, but can't get the wife to leave the NW. My family is originally from Boston, but Dad took a job right out of residency in CA "for a few years" and stayed for > 20. I am the first member of my family in something like 10 generations to not attend an Ivy league college. the shame of it all....:) Whole house Central cooling units and electricity (cheaper there than NE). So sqft and cool loss dependent. Research and examples from locals, mean I am paying about 30% more max on electricity. 60$ -> 80.. 100? 125? Don't care. I spent $2000 from nov to march on propane for heating my house, with Nest thermostat and low temps, and no children. congrats on new job and situation. maybe look into solar? plenty of sun there after all....:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted June 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 25, 2018 Hey, is this you rounding in vegas? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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