Department of Pathology and Population Medicine, Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Veterinary Information Network, Davis, CA, USA.
Top Companion Anim Med. 2020 Aug;40:100428. doi: 10.1016/j.tcam.2020.100428. Epub 2020 May 6.
Despite recent growth in the field of shelter medicine, there is a paucity of wage data available. Understanding determinants of salary is helpful for new graduates deciding on a career path as well as employees and employers with regard to budgeting, professional development, and negotiations. An anonymous online survey was distributed via commercial survey platform to shelter veterinarians. Salary was analyzed using multiple linear regression, Kruskall-Wallis equality-of-populations rank-test, and Conover-Iman pairwise comparison. Of the 219 unique respondents, 197 worked as shelter veterinarians, with 157 full-time and 40 part-time. Fifteen respondents worked in academia, and 7 respondents worked in shelter leadership. Full-time shelter veterinarians had a median income of $92,000 [$78,000-110,000], which is the same as the median salary reported for all veterinarians by the AVMA in 2018. Salary depended on years of shelter experience (P = .004), supervision of other veterinarians (P = .015), region (Southwest, P = .010, Mideast, P = .010, and Far West, P = .002) and size of the metropolitan area (>1 million, P = .001 and <250,000, P = .011). Part-time veterinarians had a median income of $60,000 [$44,000-84,000]. The only variable predictive of salary was hours worked, with part-time veterinarians paid a median of $48 [36-66] per hour. Academic veterinarians had a median income of $108,000 [90,000-120,000]. For academics, title (assistant professor, P <.0001 and professor, P = .001), PhD (P = .010), and master's (P= .001) predicted salary. Veterinarians working in leadership positions had a median income of $120,000 [110,000-198,000], and no variable was significant. Veterinarians employed in academia and leadership had a higher salary than veterinarians employed in the shelter. There are predictors of salary for shelter medicine veterinarians, which will help both potential employers and employees, determine reasonable salaries when budgeting, negotiating, or planning personal development.
尽管收容所医学领域最近有所发展，但可用的工资数据却很少。了解薪资决定因素有助于新毕业生决定职业道路，也有助于员工和雇主进行预算、专业发展和谈判。一项匿名在线调查通过商业调查平台分发给收容所兽医。使用多元线性回归、克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯群体秩检验和康弗-伊曼成对比较来分析工资。在 219 名独特的受访者中，有 197 名从事收容所兽医工作，其中 157 名为全职，40 名为兼职。有 15 名受访者在学术界工作，7 名受访者在收容所担任领导职务。全职收容所兽医的收入中位数为 92,000 美元[78,000-110,000]，与 2018 年美国兽医协会报告的所有兽医的中位数工资相同。工资取决于收容所工作经验的年限（P =.004）、监督其他兽医（P =.015）、地区（西南，P =.010，中东，P =.010，远西，P =.002）和大都市地区的规模（>100 万，P =.001 和 <25 万，P =.011）。兼职兽医的收入中位数为 60,000 美元[44,000-84,000]。唯一能预测工资的变量是工作时间，兼职兽医的时薪中位数为 48 美元[36-66]。学术兽医的收入中位数为 108,000 美元[90,000-120,000]。对于学者来说，职称（助理教授，P <.0001 和教授，P =.001）、博士学位（P =.010）和硕士学位（P =.001）预测了工资。在领导岗位工作的兽医的收入中位数为 120,000 美元[110,000-198,000]，没有一个变量是显著的。在学术界和领导层工作的兽医的工资高于在收容所工作的兽医。收容所医学兽医的工资有预测因素，这将有助于潜在的雇主和员工在预算、谈判或规划个人发展时确定合理的工资。
