Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hello, I am currently in an industry where I can command $130/hr, good WLB, like locum level freedom. No bonus not full staff benefits either, but the $ is good enough. Not going to reveal too much but it is pretty iron rice bowl as well. However I am thinking of making the career switch to medicine. I know many might tell me it’s not worth it, but let’s just say taking my current pay command of $130/hr, how much does locum pay actually compare? Public/private diff? I know they say if you’re going into medicine for the money, you are going in for the wrong reasons. To be clear, I am not. Am truly passionate about doing medicine, but I just wanted to do some math and financial calculations. TIA.