I agree a lot depends on cost of living, but it also depends on your interpersonal skills and how you negotiate. I believe having a sense of how healthcare business (like average number of patients per day, what is fee for service, how many level 3 vs level 4, etc) and how that really works along with showing off your medical knowledge in between is the way to charm in an interview. I was able to negotiate my first salary by $35k.
Hi! I am a junior in high school looking into the career of a PA! It sounds like a very interesting and fascinating career but I am afraid that PA's can't make a lot of money...can a PA make over 160k after a couple years of experience let's say in dermatology/orthopedic surgery speciality? I hope you are able to respond!
Hi Amol! Yes, >160k is possible but keep in mind the cost of living plays a big part in salary in certain areas. I will say it’s possible to make that kind of salary in the first 5-7 years of practice as a PA, but not at first. You need to work hard and establish a strong base of medical knowledge, prove you’re a hard worker and have great interpersonal skills, then negotiate a base salary + productivity contract where you’d make a good base pay plus a percentage of the revenue you bring in over that base pay. Savvy providers can work this out to their benefit and make the numbers you’re looking for…the rest of us just take a job that has a ton of call responsibilities with (hopefully) extra call pay lol… Thanks for watching!!
Stop caring so much about money. Life is about more than that. You’re a high school kid so you don’t have the wisdom to realize that but I’m telling you now. Money is not the end-all, be-all. Having a fulfilling career matters more than salary.
This is clickbait with a GREAT purpose!😃 You raise a great point about the "cost of living" and how it makes a difference in what PAs make. I've been a PA for twenty years and currently work Hospitalist PA in Washington, D.C. During my 20 years, I've made as little as $56,000/yr and as much as $166,000/yr. This channel is a valuable resource for PAs. I hope it grows! 👋🏾👨🏾⚕️
@@PAStartup It's getting REALLY EXPENSIVE!😣💸You'll need about $100,000 /yr to live in a decent neighborhood for a family of four (kids in public school).
@@PAStartup Yeah, it's tough though. We're getting alot of folks from CA, NY and, Chicago, who are used to paying outlandish rents so, $1,700 for a one bedroom apartment or $3,500/month for a tiny three bedroom house 🏡, is not much to them.
This might be a dumb question, but when you see an average annual salary for a certain pa specialty, is that salary before or after taxes? For example if it says online that the average annual salary for a new pa is about $95,000, would that be a net or gross salary?
Not a dumb question at all! It’s a gross salary since the net is variable depending on each individual’s withholdings, benefit premiums, retirement contributions, etc. It’s a decent comparison to use gross salary between positions to standardize it as much as possible, but a lot of variables go into what your total compensation is: how much you’ll take home each month, and how much it costs to live in a certain place. Hope that answers your question! Thanks for watching!
HI there,Thanks a lot for the content. Currently I am 18 and will be pursuing with Zoology,Chemistry and Biotechnology. I have learnt that biology,Anatomy and chemistry are important requisites for a PA. Plus we need some healthcare experience as well. Could you please guide me whether I should choose this major or opt for MBBS?
Either one is great! As long as you get there prerequisites done which major your have isn’t a huge deal. Especially when comparing the ones you mentioned.
It depends on your employer honestly. Typically, PA salaries in large organizations go up 0-3% as a “cost of living” adjustment (usually at least 1% minimum, but if it’s a hard year economically it’s possible to not receive a cost of living adjustment). Private solo physician practices or small groups might not offer cost of living adjustments as a standard but (in my opinion) may be more likely to work out profit sharing, productivity bonuses, or other incentives. These aren’t truly a “raise” since they’re based on performance metrics, but they do mean more $$ for you at the end of the year. Having said all that, periodically you may be in a position to negotiate a raise or the practice may review salaries and adjust as necessary if responsibilities have changed (gotten busier, covering more services, adding night/weekend call, etc). These can range from small to substantial (3-10%). We work for a hospital system and my base pay has gone up between 1-3.5% each year except one…so raises 14 out of 15 years isn’t bad👍😂 (I’m kidding, very thankful for it!) Hope this is helpful!! Thanks for watching.
@@PAStartup thank you for all your information! I’m currently practice as and an Athletic Trainer and work as a physed teacher and am thinking of making the switch to PA in a year or two!
Do it!! Your experience in both areas will be a great asset to you (and your patients/employer), even outside of orthopedics. Real-world experience of all kinds is great. Best of luck to you!
Highest paid is usually dermatology, surgical specialties (cardiac surgery, neurosurgery), Emergency medicine. Lowest is harder to define because there are tradeoffs-more time off, tuition reimbursement, things like that. The salary reports say OBGYN and Adolescent Medicine, but in general terms I’d say family medicine? (Debatable-if you’re in a rural area as the only provider you’ll make more than if you work 4 days a week in a large family practice office.) Sorry-probably not the answer you’re looking for but there are a lot of factors. The good news is the field continues to grow and it’s pretty easy to transition to other specialties of you want as you gain experience. Thanks for watching!
Well I guess that depends on what you mean…to practice in the USA you have to be certified. To be certified you have to pass the PANCE (boards). And to take the PANCE you have to have graduated from and accredited PA program (by ARC-PA). International students are accepted to most PA programs.
Hi, I just came across your channel as I m researching about PA programme .I m from India, I finished my M.B.B.S.and I m planning to take this course in USA. My question is - 🔴 is there any growth in career if I study PA ? 🔴 Is there any specialisation course after PA? I wud be a great help if u answer my question . But the way, Great content and information in your channel . #subscribed ♥️🙏🏻
Congrats on completing your MBBS and thanks for your kind words! There is great growth ahead for the Physician Assistant profession. We are just about to release a specialty video, but yes: there are plenty of opportunities to specialize as a PA. You won't be disappointed: the profession is growing, continues to be challenging & educational, and most of all very rewarding.
Hello buddy. I am from India. I hv completed my MBBS. Now I am researching about PA. I just saw ur video here. I just wanted to know that 1) what's the scope and growth of career in PA in US? 2) if I go for PA , after 3 years can I go for residency in US without USMLE? 3) how much one get paid for being PA? 4) when, how and where to apply for PA? U know I m asking so much bt if possible please do reply buddy❤❤
Hello! Congrats on the MBBS! We expect continued growth here in the US and scope will continue to be refined over the coming years. The scope won’t be reduced, but there’s a chance in certain areas that it will expand a little (not so much responsibilities but further defining supervisory/collaboration roles with physicians). At this time you would not be eligible for residency without USMLE. There are some PA -to-MD crossover programs but I don’t know how successful they are. We have a video on salary that can help define a pay scale in different specialties and geographic areas-check it out on our page. For applications, most schools use a centralized application service called CASPA, the website can be found here: caspa.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/#/login Thanks for the comments, hope this helps!
great content.loved the way you presented it if u wont mind i have a couple of questions so..im from india & wish to pursue pa course so... 1.are international students accepte abroad {more specifically canada} and if they are what are the pre requisites we need to complete 2.can i practice bsc in india & later come abroad for masters / specialisation wud be grt if u can answer these for me cheers
Short answer: you can make more than what we covered here, but it’s not always consistent work, you lose out on a few other benefits, and there’s some unknowns involved. Keep your eye out, we just recorded a video about this that will be up soon, say...around July 4th... ;) Edit: grammar lolz
Awesome video man! Great graphics
Thanks!
I agree a lot depends on cost of living, but it also depends on your interpersonal skills and how you negotiate. I believe having a sense of how healthcare business (like average number of patients per day, what is fee for service, how many level 3 vs level 4, etc) and how that really works along with showing off your medical knowledge in between is the way to charm in an interview. I was able to negotiate my first salary by $35k.
Nice work! That’s some good negotiating!
@@PAStartup Thanks.
Anyone from India planing to go for pa please guide me ✅
Bhut-I hope we’ll find someone out there who can help!! Thanks for watching!
Hi! I am a junior in high school looking into the career of a PA! It sounds like a very interesting and fascinating career but I am afraid that PA's can't make a lot of money...can a PA make over 160k after a couple years of experience let's say in dermatology/orthopedic surgery speciality? I hope you are able to respond!
Hi Amol! Yes, >160k is possible but keep in mind the cost of living plays a big part in salary in certain areas. I will say it’s possible to make that kind of salary in the first 5-7 years of practice as a PA, but not at first. You need to work hard and establish a strong base of medical knowledge, prove you’re a hard worker and have great interpersonal skills, then negotiate a base salary + productivity contract where you’d make a good base pay plus a percentage of the revenue you bring in over that base pay.
Savvy providers can work this out to their benefit and make the numbers you’re looking for…the rest of us just take a job that has a ton of call responsibilities with (hopefully) extra call pay lol…
Thanks for watching!!
Stop caring so much about money. Life is about more than that. You’re a high school kid so you don’t have the wisdom to realize that but I’m telling you now. Money is not the end-all, be-all. Having a fulfilling career matters more than salary.
This is clickbait with a GREAT purpose!😃 You raise a great point about the "cost of living" and how it makes a difference in what PAs make. I've been a PA for twenty years and currently work Hospitalist PA in Washington, D.C. During my 20 years, I've made as little as $56,000/yr and as much as $166,000/yr. This channel is a valuable resource for PAs. I hope it grows! 👋🏾👨🏾⚕️
Thanks Omar! Channels like yours have paved the way, thanks so much for your resources too! Keep it up! How’s the cost of living in DC?
@@PAStartup It's getting REALLY EXPENSIVE!😣💸You'll need about $100,000 /yr to live in a decent neighborhood for a family of four (kids in public school).
Wow-tough cost of living, especially for new grads; hopefully salaries will continue to trend upwards faster than cost of living!!🤞🤞
@@PAStartup Yeah, it's tough though. We're getting alot of folks from CA, NY and, Chicago, who are used to paying outlandish rents so, $1,700 for a one bedroom apartment or $3,500/month for a tiny three bedroom house 🏡, is not much to them.
This might be a dumb question, but when you see an average annual salary for a certain pa specialty, is that salary before or after taxes? For example if it says online that the average annual salary for a new pa is about $95,000, would that be a net or gross salary?
Not a dumb question at all! It’s a gross salary since the net is variable depending on each individual’s withholdings, benefit premiums, retirement contributions, etc.
It’s a decent comparison to use gross salary between positions to standardize it as much as possible, but a lot of variables go into what your total compensation is: how much you’ll take home each month, and how much it costs to live in a certain place.
Hope that answers your question! Thanks for watching!
@@PAStartup yes! This definitely answers my question, thank you so much !
HI there,Thanks a lot for the content. Currently I am 18 and will be pursuing with Zoology,Chemistry and Biotechnology. I have learnt that biology,Anatomy and chemistry are important requisites for a PA. Plus we need some healthcare experience as well. Could you please guide me whether I should choose this major or opt for MBBS?
Either one is great! As long as you get there prerequisites done which major your have isn’t a huge deal. Especially when comparing the ones you mentioned.
@@PAStartup Thanks a load!!! So I am pursuing with this!
Can we have some information for the south, specifically Louisiana?
You bet Shan; there are a lot of variables like experience and specialty but I know what it’s like to not have any examples that I can relate to.
@@PAStartup Thank you! I appreciate it, greatly.
Have you done the salary for Louisiana?
We haven’t yet-so sorry!
What percentage each year does a PA salary typically goes up each year?
It depends on your employer honestly. Typically, PA salaries in large organizations go up 0-3% as a “cost of living” adjustment (usually at least 1% minimum, but if it’s a hard year economically it’s possible to not receive a cost of living adjustment).
Private solo physician practices or small groups might not offer cost of living adjustments as a standard but (in my opinion) may be more likely to work out profit sharing, productivity bonuses, or other incentives. These aren’t truly a “raise” since they’re based on performance metrics, but they do mean more $$ for you at the end of the year.
Having said all that, periodically you may be in a position to negotiate a raise or the practice may review salaries and adjust as necessary if responsibilities have changed (gotten busier, covering more services, adding night/weekend call, etc). These can range from small to substantial (3-10%).
We work for a hospital system and my base pay has gone up between 1-3.5% each year except one…so raises 14 out of 15 years isn’t bad👍😂 (I’m kidding, very thankful for it!)
Hope this is helpful!! Thanks for watching.
@@PAStartup thank you for all your information! I’m currently practice as and an Athletic Trainer and work as a physed teacher and am thinking of making the switch to PA in a year or two!
Do it!! Your experience in both areas will be a great asset to you (and your patients/employer), even outside of orthopedics. Real-world experience of all kinds is great. Best of luck to you!
Hello sir, can you plz tell me which is the 1highest paid and 1 lowest paid PA speciality
Highest paid is usually dermatology, surgical specialties (cardiac surgery, neurosurgery), Emergency medicine. Lowest is harder to define because there are tradeoffs-more time off, tuition reimbursement, things like that. The salary reports say OBGYN and Adolescent Medicine, but in general terms I’d say family medicine? (Debatable-if you’re in a rural area as the only provider you’ll make more than if you work 4 days a week in a large family practice office.)
Sorry-probably not the answer you’re looking for but there are a lot of factors. The good news is the field continues to grow and it’s pretty easy to transition to other specialties of you want as you gain experience.
Thanks for watching!
He’s giving you a way too long answer. Lowest is pediatrics. There, done.
Can international student work In USA after completing there course can we get directly job
Well I guess that depends on what you mean…to practice in the USA you have to be certified. To be certified you have to pass the PANCE (boards). And to take the PANCE you have to have graduated from and accredited PA program (by ARC-PA). International students are accepted to most PA programs.
Hi, I just came across your channel as I m researching about PA programme .I m from India, I finished my M.B.B.S.and I m planning to take this course in USA. My question is -
🔴 is there any growth in career if I study PA ? 🔴 Is there any specialisation course after PA?
I wud be a great help if u answer my question .
But the way, Great content and information in your channel . #subscribed ♥️🙏🏻
Congrats on completing your MBBS and thanks for your kind words! There is great growth ahead for the Physician Assistant profession. We are just about to release a specialty video, but yes: there are plenty of opportunities to specialize as a PA. You won't be disappointed: the profession is growing, continues to be challenging & educational, and most of all very rewarding.
@@PAStartup thank you so much for replying ♥️🙏🏻
Of course! That’s why we’re here!
Hi Sofia am too planning did u started ur process and can u guide me
Anyone from India planing to go for pa please guide me ✅
Hello buddy. I am from India. I hv completed my MBBS. Now I am researching about PA. I just saw ur video here. I just wanted to know that
1) what's the scope and growth of career in PA in US?
2) if I go for PA , after 3 years can I go for residency in US without USMLE?
3) how much one get paid for being PA?
4) when, how and where to apply for PA?
U know I m asking so much bt if possible please do reply buddy❤❤
Hello! Congrats on the MBBS! We expect continued growth here in the US and scope will continue to be refined over the coming years. The scope won’t be reduced, but there’s a chance in certain areas that it will expand a little (not so much responsibilities but further defining supervisory/collaboration roles with physicians).
At this time you would not be eligible for residency without USMLE. There are some PA -to-MD crossover programs but I don’t know how successful they are.
We have a video on salary that can help define a pay scale in different specialties and geographic areas-check it out on our page.
For applications, most schools use a centralized application service called CASPA, the website can be found here:
caspa.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/#/login
Thanks for the comments, hope this helps!
@@PAStartup yes u cleared many doubts. Thanks for the reply❤❤🙏🙏
great content.loved the way you presented it
if u wont mind i have a couple of questions
so..im from india & wish to pursue pa course so...
1.are international students accepte abroad {more specifically canada} and if they are what are the pre requisites we need to complete
2.can i practice bsc in india & later come abroad for masters / specialisation
wud be grt if u can answer these for me
cheers
I feel like you are from Chicago
Pretty close! Excellent educated guess-our weather is similar but we’re closer to the Chiefs than the Bears…🙌🏼
How much can you make as a locus tenet?
Short answer: you can make more than what we covered here, but it’s not always consistent work, you lose out on a few other benefits, and there’s some unknowns involved.
Keep your eye out, we just recorded a video about this that will be up soon, say...around July 4th... ;)
Edit: grammar lolz
@@PAStartup ok thanks