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Program Benefits and Salary
Benefits:
4 weeks of vacation annually.
For a complete description of benefits see:
http://www.cirseiu.org/Benefits/NY/public/WMC/default.aspx
Salary:
PGY 1 – $56, 279
PGY 2 – $61, 277
PGY 3 – $66, 953
PGY 4 – $69, 000
PGY 5 – $71, 178 |
Being an Orthopaedic
Surgeon:
Light at the end of the tunnel...
A typical schedule for a practicing orthopaedic surgeon involves 50–55 hours of work per week divided among clinic, surgery, various administrative duties and possibly teaching and/or research if in an academic setting. In 2009, the median salary for an orthopedic surgeon in the United States was $406,847.
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