Honestly the pay as a MO has been more than expected.
$4950 basic for PGY2 completed
NS. Add to that On-call pay $900 or so a month.
Guaranteed AWS and civil service bonus. Plus IPB of 2-5 months.
I earned $92,000 last year. Just passed MRCP which is an extra $6000.
Not unheard of for surgical MOs to earn >100k.
This is very competitive - many of my law friends are earning thereabouts. Hours about the same but crammed into 5 days.
We should be thankful. Remuneration isn't as bad as we think.