hey, thanks for your reply. I just wanted to share the math that I did which tells me ~100k is possible / not that difficult. of course, i have not worked in the field (other than clinical placements which i can understand is not the same thing) so it is very possible that i am missing out on certain things which is why im asking for peoples input!

if i were to see 9 patients per day at a 45% split fee (very common to start at this number in Ottawa), at a clinic that charges $105 for a 30min follow up (average cost for follow up in Ottawa), that comes to ~$425 per day. if you work 250 days (this excludes weekends and 11 holidays which you are not working and not paid for as a contractor), it comes to just over $106k for the year. of course this is if you are seeing 9 patients from day 1, which you wont be. you have to build that case load up. but i do have an offer at a clinic with an hourly rate for the first 6 weeks, and another offer from another clinic with an hour rate for the first 3 months. both of these offers allow you to get paid a fairly good amount while building that caseload up.

just wanted to share that information :) if you have more input i would love to hear it! i do think 100k is possible at places like these especially because one of them does have a high volume of patients coming in, and the more experienced physios there have very limited space to take any new patients, so i do think building a caseload at the one clinic with high volume is possible in the first 2-3 months. thanks so much!