If you are thinking about studying medicine, you probably already know all the job opportunities available to you, as this is one of the branches with the best prospects in this regard.
The road ahead is long, but it is worth it: finishing studies,continue with the MIR and settle in with the specialty you have chosen.
This may be the most common question if you are not sure about a specific vocation. Choosing the specialty and the job you are going to develop your career in over the years is not a simple matter.
In order to make the best possible choice, it is important to know all the aspects of each position. In addition to letting yourself be guided by what you like most or what you are most skilled at, it is also advisable to take into account the working conditions you will find, and among them, one fact stands out above all: the salary.
A doctor in Spain earns on average around 53,000 euros gross per year, according to theSpain’s Medical Salary Report Medscape.Although there are important differences depending on the autonomous community in which one works, the hours of on-call work performed over a month or the specialty.
One of the highest-paid specialties in the field of medicine is that of plastic surgeons. These professionals are responsible for performing cosmetic surgery, either on patients who come to a private consultation to improve some aspect of their physique, or to patients who go to public health to reconstruct some part of their body after a serious illness or accident.
These doctors often work in both private clinics and public hospitals, so it is difficult to make an exact estimate of their salaries. It is necessary to go to different sources to get a general idea of the salary they receive.
Salary of a plastic surgeon in Spain
According to the specialized employment platform Jobted, The salary of a plastic surgeon in Spain is around 70,400 euros gross per yearabove the 59,100 euros gross per year that a general surgeon earns, although below the 73,400 euros gross per year of cardiovascular surgeons.
Other reports point to an even higher salary. The work platform Job and Talent points out that Cosmetic surgery professionals can earn up to 150,000 euros gross per yeartherefore being the highest paid doctors.
These high salaries have an explanation: cosmetic surgery operations in private healthcare are relatively expensive. The most requested intervention in Spain is rhinoplasty, which costs approximately 3,500 euros in fees aloneto which must be added the operating room and anesthesiologist, bringing the bill to 5,000 euros, according to Digital Economy.
However, according to another study conducted by Medscape, Plastic surgeons are the most dissatisfied with their salaries in the entire medical professiondespite being the highest earners. Half of these specialists believe that they should earn more money for their work, which may be due to the large number of interventions they perform and the number of hours they work.
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