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Best, worst states to be a doctor

By June 13th, 2022No Comments
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South Carolina tops the list, Rhode Island finishes lastshutterstock_156022646

WalletHub released its list of the best and worst states for physicians based on several metrics, including wages and job opportunities.

For the report, all of the states and Washington, D.C., were rated on 12 metrics sorted into two categories:

  • Environment, or risks of the job, such as state medical board penalties, malpractice payouts, and costs of malpractice insurance; and
  • Job opportunity and competition.

Data for the report were taken from Citizen.org, Diederich Healthcare, HHS, the Missouri Economic Research & Information Center, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Based on those categories, WalletHub identified the five best states for doctors as:

    • 1. South Carolina
    • 2. Minnesota
    • 3. Texas
    • 4. Mississippi
    • 5. Kansas

Meanwhile, the five worst states for doctors were:

    • 1. Rhode Island
    • 2. New Jersey
    • 3. Oregon
    • 4. New York
    • 5. Maine

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