Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: medical school loans. In the US, the average grad owes $200,000. In the UK, it’s less, but the salary cap hits faster. You spend your first few years as a GP just paying back the privilege of becoming one.
By the time you’re earning “big money,” you’re often in your 40s. Your friends who went into tech? They’ve been balling since 25. You’re just finally catching up, but your back hurts from leaning over too many patients.
The “Psychic” Discount
Here’s the part no one talks about. GPs get paid for medicine, but they do way more. They are therapists, social workers, and marriage counselors. You come in for a sore throat, but you end up crying about your divorce. That’s free therapy, buddy.
They absorb your stress. That mental load? It’s not in the paycheck. You can’t bill the insurance company for “listening to Brenda complain about her son for 20 minutes.” So the salary starts to feel a little cheap, doesn’t it?
Average GP salary goes up by £10k in a year even though millions of
