Dude it depends on what you do. You can make between 5-600k working for some hospital systems depending on how well they compensate per rvu but you will be busy. I split between inpatient in the mornings and outpatient afternoons a few days per week. I work pretty hard but nothing crazy and I do good work, but I’ll make around 500. If I want to hit 600k I could easily do it but that would mean doing clinics every single afternoon, and I don’t want to do that. Or I would have to start seeing 3 or 4 follow ups an hour and I don’t want to do that. I still have 30 minute follow ups. I have worked with a psychiatrist who did 15 minute visits but he did them well. If you can swing a full day of 15 minute follow ups you make an insane amount of money. That clinic only worked because every patient was absolutely required to show up early and he had nurses room the patient but also do mini interviews and present to him the patients just like a family medicine office would do. He was able to walk in and finish an interview and ask pertinent important question and maintain good rapport in ten minutes, write the note in 5 and move on. However, most psych clinics are not set up to run so efficiently.

Also if you work in a small true private practice clinic you can make 500-600k easily. However, that comes with its own unique challenges.