This is what all UW pediatric residents made pre-tax during the 2023-2024 academic year:
R1: $72,564 ($8.28/hr)
R2: $75,120 ($8.58/hr)
R3: $77,928 ($8.90/hr)
Pediatric APP fellows made $105,000 pre-tax during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Pediatric interns have the exact same job description as the APP fellows when in the hospital. We work on the same teams and carry the same complexity of patients. However, APP fellows get every other week off, do not work any night shifts, and are not expected to carry medical students. Senior residents are expected to support them as well as both pediatric and visiting interns while running the entire inpatient team. Senior residents complete 24-hour call shifts often and resume significant leadership responsibilities and care coordination expectations for patients that APP fellows are not expected to handle; yet senior residents are also paid less. As pediatric residents we already are burned out and overworked, but the salary disparity has increased frustration and have caused an increased work burden for us as well as misdirected resentment towards the APP fellows. Please sign this petition to support fairer salary compensation for the pediatric residents and to increase our salary to match or exceed their APP fellow colleagues.
NOTE: We respect the salary the APP fellows are making and encourage the APP fellowship program to continue compensating them a competitive wage.
Updates
February 22, 2024
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY NIGHTS EMAILING THE ADMINISTRATION AND CRAFTING FORMAL LETTERS TO ENSURE THEY SEE THESE NUMBERS!! THE STORIES YOU ARE ALL TELLING ME IN THE COMMENTS ARE SHOCKING AND THEY PROVE EXACTLY WHY THIS CHANGE IS NECESSARY RIGHT NOW!! WE ARE KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON UNTIL THEY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MASSIVE GAP IN PAY!!
February 22, 2024
THE MOMENTUM BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! IT IS BEYOND INCREDIBLE TO SEE EVERYONE STANDING UP FOR THE FAIR SALARY WE ALL DESERVE!! THIS ENERGY IS FUELING OUR FIGHT TO FINALLY GET THE RECOGNITION OUR WORK REQUIRES!!
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February 22, 2024
13 Comments
Residents should be compensated in such a way that allows them to live in the Seattle area, within half an hour of the hospital, comfortably. Honestly, I think that that starts at 110-120k a year. How can you expect them to care for our most vulnerable patients when one financial hiccup could send them into ruin? Working as an APP fellow I have watched them spend their blood, sweat and tears to keep this hospital afloat. They deserve better from hospital leadership.
As a current APP fellow I agree that the medical residents absolutely deserve a higher salary given the outstanding work they do, the significant responsibilities they bear, the burden of debt from education, and the rapidly increasing cost of living in Seattle. In my current rotation on the inpatient teams I do identical work to the interns except that they also take responsibility for precepting medical students. The burnout residents experience is directly related to their insufficient pay and grueling hours. Residents, APPs, patients, and families would all benefit from improved pay for residents.
We value our APP colleagues, and they value us. We wish we were viewed with the same respect and value by the institution that we hold for each other
I greatly appreciate the hard work of my APP colleagues, and I feel like the efforts of medical house staff should be equally and fairly compensated. I am one of many residents who have had to find 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th jobs on top of my 80-hour work week in order to afford basic necessities. I won’t be able to afford my apartment next year because the raise doesn’t cover the increase of rent. Residents deserve to be fairly compensated for the incredible value we provide to SCH and UW.
First year Peds resident. Our current salary provided no safety net. Had unexpected family emergency and now working as babysitter, driving Uber eats and instacart on lighter rotations while working as an intern to make up for the financial burden
Residents are crucial members of the hospital community and generate tremendous amounts of revenue for UW Medicine. Our APP colleagues should continue to be compensated well for the work they do and so should we. Residents deserve equal treatment and equitable pay.
This is outrageous!
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This is what all UW pediatric residents made pre-tax during the 2023-2024 academic year:
R1: $72,564 ($8.28/hr)
R2: $75,120 ($8.58/hr)
R3: $77,928 ($8.90/hr)
Pediatric APP fellows made $105,000 pre-tax during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Pediatric interns have the exact same job description as the APP fellows when in the hospital. We work on the same teams and carry the same complexity of patients. However, APP fellows get every other week off, do not work any night shifts, and are not expected to carry medical students. Senior residents are expected to support them as well as both pediatric and visiting interns while running the entire inpatient team. Senior residents complete 24-hour call shifts often and resume significant leadership responsibilities and care coordination expectations for patients that APP fellows are not expected to handle; yet senior residents are also paid less. As pediatric residents we already are burned out and overworked, but the salary disparity has increased frustration and have caused an increased work burden for us as well as misdirected resentment towards the APP fellows. Please sign this petition to support fairer salary compensation for the pediatric residents and to increase our salary to match or exceed their APP fellow colleagues.
NOTE: We respect the salary the APP fellows are making and encourage the APP fellowship program to continue compensating them a competitive wage.
Updates
February 22, 2024
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY NIGHTS EMAILING THE ADMINISTRATION AND CRAFTING FORMAL LETTERS TO ENSURE THEY SEE THESE NUMBERS!! THE STORIES YOU ARE ALL TELLING ME IN THE COMMENTS ARE SHOCKING AND THEY PROVE EXACTLY WHY THIS CHANGE IS NECESSARY RIGHT NOW!! WE ARE KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON UNTIL THEY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MASSIVE GAP IN PAY!!
February 22, 2024
THE MOMENTUM BEHIND THIS MOVEMENT IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC!! IT IS BEYOND INCREDIBLE TO SEE EVERYONE STANDING UP FOR THE FAIR SALARY WE ALL DESERVE!! THIS ENERGY IS FUELING OUR FIGHT TO FINALLY GET THE RECOGNITION OUR WORK REQUIRES!!
Reached 100 supporters
February 22, 2024
13 Comments
Obviously the problem is not that the APP fellows are making too much, they aren’t. The problem is that the resident salary is far too low for the work that they do.
Residents should be compensated in such a way that allows them to live in the Seattle area, within half an hour of the hospital, comfortably. Honestly, I think that that starts at 110-120k a year. How can you expect them to care for our most vulnerable patients when one financial hiccup could send them into ruin? Working as an APP fellow I have watched them spend their blood, sweat and tears to keep this hospital afloat. They deserve better from hospital leadership.
As a current APP fellow I agree that the medical residents absolutely deserve a higher salary given the outstanding work they do, the significant responsibilities they bear, the burden of debt from education, and the rapidly increasing cost of living in Seattle. In my current rotation on the inpatient teams I do identical work to the interns except that they also take responsibility for precepting medical students. The burnout residents experience is directly related to their insufficient pay and grueling hours. Residents, APPs, patients, and families would all benefit from improved pay for residents.
We value our APP colleagues, and they value us. We wish we were viewed with the same respect and value by the institution that we hold for each other
I greatly appreciate the hard work of my APP colleagues, and I feel like the efforts of medical house staff should be equally and fairly compensated. I am one of many residents who have had to find 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th jobs on top of my 80-hour work week in order to afford basic necessities. I won’t be able to afford my apartment next year because the raise doesn’t cover the increase of rent. Residents deserve to be fairly compensated for the incredible value we provide to SCH and UW.
First year Peds resident. Our current salary provided no safety net. Had unexpected family emergency and now working as babysitter, driving Uber eats and instacart on lighter rotations while working as an intern to make up for the financial burden
Residents are crucial members of the hospital community and generate tremendous amounts of revenue for UW Medicine. Our APP colleagues should continue to be compensated well for the work they do and so should we. Residents deserve equal treatment and equitable pay.
This is outrageous!
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Obviously the problem is not that the APP fellows are making too much, they aren’t. The problem is that the resident salary is far too low for the work that they do.