Payscale.com suggests that the average annual income was between $154,083 and $401,340, based on a survey of American cardiac surgeon salaries which took place In December 2010. It also said that the salaries were dependent upon commission, bonuses as well as profit sharing. This means that they have a weekly wage of between $2,963 and $7,718. The figures can of course vary, given the different circumstances that their pay is subject to throughout the year.
Payscale.com found that one thing that influenced salary levels was the amount of time that the individual had spent in that profession. This is particularly true in the United States. Those who only had a few years of experience had a weekly wage of between $1,956 and $5,904, which is of course a good wage - but surgeons who had practiced for between 10 and 19 years collected significantly higher, with their wages reaching $8,993.
Pay also depends on employer type. This same December 2010 survey by PayScale said that this was true. Hospitals actually offer the biggest range of average weekly payments (which was between $2,625 and $7,467), which universities and colleges had the highest numbers, which were between $5,192 and $7,925.
In order to become a heart surgeon and begin earning this large starting wage, a person will have to be involved with a long period of training, medical school and significant amounts of practical experience. Their bachelor's degree is followed by a medical school course, which is around four years. Then when they graduate they must be in general medical practice for five years, and then they can be a licensed physician. Then they can spend two or three years in cardiac surgery, with classroom training, to become a heart surgeon at the end of it.
Payscale.com found that one thing that influenced salary levels was the amount of time that the individual had spent in that profession. This is particularly true in the United States. Those who only had a few years of experience had a weekly wage of between $1,956 and $5,904, which is of course a good wage - but surgeons who had practiced for between 10 and 19 years collected significantly higher, with their wages reaching $8,993.
Pay also depends on employer type. This same December 2010 survey by PayScale said that this was true. Hospitals actually offer the biggest range of average weekly payments (which was between $2,625 and $7,467), which universities and colleges had the highest numbers, which were between $5,192 and $7,925.
In order to become a heart surgeon and begin earning this large starting wage, a person will have to be involved with a long period of training, medical school and significant amounts of practical experience. Their bachelor's degree is followed by a medical school course, which is around four years. Then when they graduate they must be in general medical practice for five years, and then they can be a licensed physician. Then they can spend two or three years in cardiac surgery, with classroom training, to become a heart surgeon at the end of it.
