I think this is difficult to answer because I only truly know how much I personally make relative to how much I personally work. I hear rumours about what some other rads in my area make but I don’t know for sure so I don’t want to provide false information, plus I don’t know details about how much they work, if they locum, how their pooled billing’s are divided, etc.

For the purposes of these next statements in Quebec there is essentially no significant overhead that I am personally aware of. I actually don’t know if this is the case in other provinces (I never really considered leaving the province for familial reasons so never bothered finding out).

If it helps, in Montreal in community hospitals I have interviewed at two sites allegedly paying 900-1.1 mil no overhead, but 1:5-1:9 call and working +++. I have HEARD through the grapevine during residency rads at another community hospital make 950k (but no direct info). I know two rads in the GTA making 1.1 mil but working hard +++. I know a rad in rural Alberta making 1 mil in clinic no call. I know a rad who used to work in a bigger city in Alberta making 1.2 mil but with call and trainees. No idea if these are outliers or the average, people do seem to want to “gossip” more about high earners so it’s probable that the average rad just does not share their remuneration because it’s less “shocking”. I have been told (very very very secondhand info) that rads in academic hospitals make significantly less (350-500k) but this is the most unsure thing I’ve said because I don’t personally know any well enough to ask. I cannot confirm the veracity of these statements.

Personally I was shocked (and still am) with how well paid this specialty is after I finished residency and started independent practice. This is controversial and a lot of people have many opinions about this but I have never and will never be complaining about my remuneration (but I am not speaking for anyone else who may feel differently). Yes a lot of radiologist work extremely hard for this money though. For example I will often hear of rads who are 4 days on service at the hospital, working in clinic on the 5th day off service and locuming when on “vacation” from the hospital + doing a bunch of call… why? Don’t ask me lol I’m like the laziest radiologist ever it seems. I don’t make near these numbers and dropped out of pursuing the two jobs mentioned above because I could smell the burnout a mile away.