Lead Pipe Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 How is the job outlook in pittsburgh, is it as over-saturated as the rest of Pennsylvania? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiaroscuro27 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Pretty much. I have lots of friends in that market, and many of them are having trouble finding work in the specialties they want. Those who do find work are working for peanuts. It's a saturated market for sure with some of the lowest pay I've seen, so if you can work anywhere else I would suggest doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPa695 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 If anyone else is looking at this-- it's not too hard to find a job in Pittsburgh or a nearby suburb, but I agree with the peanut comment. The main employer here offers an average of $32/hr for a starting PA. Private docs are few and far between. I lucked out and got a job at $39/hr (about 80k) which is the most of any classmates that I've heard of in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Kemp Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 It seems to be a pretty bad place for PA practice. The wages are abysmal, especially considering the monopoly a certain system has. PAs in their system are sometimes making in the 50-60k a year range. And with the market saturation more often than not they don't seem to have very wide scopes of practice. On clinicals so far I've met an alarming number of PAs who pretty much function as RNs, and even one or two who are essentially glorified secretaries for their MDs. Certainly not suggesting all PAs have it so bad in the city, but I certainly have no intention of working there. All that being said it's a great place for education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrumm Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I love this city and vehemently declared I would not leave. It seems I am leaving. It is a great place if you want to make $30/hr working in a surgical subspecialty entering the residents' orders. (Nothing against residents; just the reality of working in a massive teaching hospital system.) Sad. There are so many good restaurants in Pittsburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterallsummer Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Why not hit up Philly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkrumm Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Yeah, it's looking like we'll end up somewhere over there. Philly's great too... but gotta come to a compromise: big city wife + smallish city husband. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrev07 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Hello, I am currently a first year PA student at Arcadia University in Philadelphia. Originally from Pittsburgh, I am interested in going home for a rotation or two at the end of my clinical year (~Dec-June, 2014). I am a very hard worker, would bring positive energy and am fascinated by all types of medicine. If you are interested in teaching, just let me know and we can see if it would work out. Thank you! -T.Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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