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<p>Your point is misleading though. You should include how much those guys get paid after 30. My guess is that by age 60, the doctor ends up having way more money than the accountant unless the accountant becomes a CEO or something. The average salary for a ton of specialties for doctors is 170-200k, and the salaries you are listing for the most experienced accountants is about that.</p>
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<p>In sports like football, you can come out of your career with some pretty nasty chronic injuries to your brain & body. The life expectancy for NFL players is 55 years old, which is less than 20 years than your average person.</p>