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General Physician salary in Australia

The median full-time salary for a general physician is $218,400 per annum, before tax, up $46,100 since 2018.

• Public hospital general physicians are paid under state enterprise agreements for staff specialists, so pay moves with seniority, the state or territory you work in and how much on-call and after-hours work you carry.
• Private consulting rooms, private hospital sessions and Medicare billing change the mix of income and costs.
• Subspecialty training and the amount of procedural work you take on also affect what you earn.

How to negotiate a higher general physician salary

• Know the market rate before you ask. The median full-time general physician salary is $218,400; use that, not a guess, as your anchor, and adjust for your experience and employer.
• Use demand as leverage. General Physicians are on the national skills shortage list, so employers are more likely to move on price to keep or attract someone in a role they're struggling to fill.
• Lead with what's scarce, not just tenure. Skills like Clinical assessment and treatment and Patient care and support tend to command a premium over general general physician experience, name them specifically when you ask.
• Time it deliberately. Reviews, the end of a project you delivered, or taking on responsibility beyond your job description are stronger moments to ask than an arbitrary date on the calendar.
• Ask for a number, not a raise. "Based on the market rate and [specific contribution], I'd like to move to X" gets a clearer answer than "I think I deserve more."

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