why do pharmacists not make that much?

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<p>It says they make about $100,000 on the internet whereas a neurologist or surgeon makes about 300,000. That's a big difference for about the same amount of schooling..or am I missing something?</p>

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<p>how is 100K not that much?</p>

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<p>1) 100k is a lot compared to the rest of the world so unless your family is wealthier than I don’t know what to say.
2) I’m not certain, but I would make a conjecture that surgeons need a bit more practicing and time than pharmacists do.</p>

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<p>you should not pick a career line based on it’s salary…</p>

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<p>Surgeons/neurologists need an extra 4+ years of residency/fellowship</p>

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<p>Pharmacists don’t really do much for patients other than a short consultation, if necessary. That’s also where the prestige comes in. Is your life being saved by a surgeon or a pharmacist? You can find pharmacists everywhere, but a brilliant surgeon is harder to come by.</p>

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<p>well… supposedly, and i’m saying this as a generalization, it’s easier to get in and complete pharm school than it is to go and complete med school. also, medical school requires more time in the end when u count in residency and rotations.</p>

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<p>The surgeon also has to pay perhaps $200,000 of malpractice insurance out of their gross pay. The pharmacist does not.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure why surgeons and neurologists are grouped together or shown to be equivalent. The pay is different, the hours are much different, and the competitiveness to match into a surgery program is very different when compared to neurology. </p>

<p>they’re both still pretty high (compared to pharmacists) but…
<a href=“http://www.medfriends.org/images/salary,%20work%20hours.jpg[/url]”>http://www.medfriends.org/images/salary,%20work%20hours.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
From: Dorsey. JAMA, Vol 290(9).Sept 3, 2003.1174.</p>

<p>Becoming a neurologist is a lot easier than becoming a surgeon and they are payed accordingly.</p>

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<p>Oddly, from most people I hear the complete opposite. They wonder why they make so much lol…</p>

<p>You have to compare pay per hour. The average pharmacist usually works about 40 hours a week and the average doctor usually work about 60 hours a week. If you compare pay per hour, you find that pharmacist make as much as many types of doctors.</p>

<p>Also how is 100k considered low?? I think you should until you graduate from college and see for yourself. You will probably end up just praying for a job that even pays 45k…</p>

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<p>why engineers make so much less than doctors. The average Berkeley engineer who gets a PhD will make less money than the average Berkeley premed that becomes a doctor despite the fact that a PhD can take 6 years or longer with the stress of writing an original thesis and many candidates having to drop out while almost everyone that gets into med school obtains an MD in 4 years. Even at the undergrad level the general consensus is that engineering is harder than pre-med. Bioengineers have to take all the challenging premed prereqs Chem 3, Bio1A and many take upper division MCB classes too and do quite well but I hardly ever hear of a premed taking an engineering course and getting a good grade. If anyone should be complaining its the engineers not the pharmacists.</p>

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<p>Doctors are needed worldwide because at least one person in the world will get sick every day. In regards to surgeons, it’s not like there are tons of specialized surgeons standing around either. To be a good surgeon, I’d expect you’d need so many more years to perfect the skill.
Yes it sucks that engineering material is more difficult, but I don’t believe that factors in to how much you make at all. All about zee supply and zee demand (except for teachers…there’s a constant demand for teachers…and our supplies just absolutely suck aha)</p>

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<p>most engineers in the industry don’t have PhD’s. And even if they do, they went through, in general, less schooling than MD students would would have. I am an engineering major, and one of the major reasons I’m not premed is because I didn’t want to be in school that long.</p>