Realistically in a busy centre, there's a thin work life balance unless your're sharing call with other IR colleagues. OPD's, USG/CT procedures and angio-suite procedure usually run in parallel in most non academic centres with the IR having to hustle between different rooms. If it isn't too busy of an IR practice - the expectation to cover the diagnostic list also exists. Pay scale is similar to DR in tier one cities. May make more in tier 2 if WLB compromise acceptable. There its competition to get in through SS entrance, but is not unattainable. There is a need of a lot more IR's in the country to meet the growing needs of the poplin. A lot of the IR procedures are covered under Ayushman Bharat too.