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Paediatric Surgeon salary in Australia

The median full-time salary for a paediatric surgeon is $218,400 per annum, before tax, up $45,100 since 2018.

• Public hospital surgeons are paid under state enterprise agreements, so pay moves with your seniority level, the on-call and recall loadings you carry, and whether you work full time.
• Income from private practice depends on your fee schedule and case mix rather than a set scale.
• Subspecialty matters too, since fetal and neonatal work concentrates in the tertiary children's hospitals.

How to negotiate a higher paediatric surgeon salary

• Know the market rate before you ask. The median full-time paediatric surgeon salary is $218,400; use that, not a guess, as your anchor, and adjust for your experience and employer.
• Use demand as leverage. Paediatric Surgeons 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 Patient care and support and Clinical assessment and treatment tend to command a premium over general paediatric surgeon 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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