I hope vets make a lot of money! Do you need to have your own practice to make a ton or is joining a local animal hospital or group good enough?
The "national average" does not reflect well, as it's a diverse field. It's like posting the national average for doctors... it encompasses your rural tiny-town doc all the way to your Hollywood Plastic Surgeons.
The biggest impact on salary is not owning or not, but what specific field you join. Practice Owners of a small local practice may actually make less than their associates. If they are contracted to pay X amount, but their business does poorly...it's not their associates that take the hit! However, a booming business will have a wealthy practice owner (depending on how they allocate their business income, of course). I don't have the specific information in front of me or readily accessible atm.
Luckily for me, after 5 years, Equine-Exclusive veterinarians (what I"m planning to do) average the highest income. But that will probably require working at a referral or other large hospital, which means an internship and potentially residencies/boarding in a speciality, which means money spent on more education and lower salaries until then. SO it depends..
It's also going to depend on your geographical location and demographics, of course.
Suffice it to say that your average strip-mall veterinarian spends a LONG LONG TIME paying off their loans...
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Student Loans - Who's got them and for how much!
28/04/2012 04:18:50 AM
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I haven't got them yet, but if I go into law school I may end up acquiring some.
28/04/2012 09:44:02 AM
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I'll finish with about $262,000 and a DVM
28/04/2012 03:07:05 PM
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Holy crapola.....
29/04/2012 09:09:48 PM
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your average local veterinarian does not.
29/04/2012 10:10:49 PM
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The reward is definitely not worth the payout. *NM*
28/04/2012 05:56:36 PM
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Not always true ...
29/04/2012 03:04:51 PM
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I have two student loans, of which I have repaid not a penny.
29/04/2012 02:21:09 PM
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