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Not true of medicine in the US. The AMA functions as guild system, and medical doctors' salaries are kept extremely high. Yes, the training period is long and expensive, but at least there's a near-guaranteed payoff at the end.

Law does suffer the same glut of workers relative to jobs as academia.



Training is not guaranteed, even with a medical degree. There are fewer residency positions available (and more graduating seniors) with every year.


Same thing in Canada, guild system, though of course the ceiling is kept somewhat lower by having to negotiate with a single-payer system.


The salaries are not that high - let's say top 5% level.


Higher than 95% of population IS extremely high.


It's only about 4-5x the median. $200k is not that high.


A) $200k is very high, and if you disagree I'd say you're so out of touch with most Americans it borders on delusional.

B) Only pediatricians and primary care doctors make as "little" as $200k. Most specialties have median salaries in the $300-$500k range and some surgeons make even more.[0]

[0] http://work.chron.com/average-physician-salaries-specialty-6...




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