Why I Chose My Future Career As A Physician Assistant

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Salary is something everyone thinks about when trying to choose a career for themselves. Although i do not believe it is the most important thing to think about when choosing a career, it is still something that needs to be considered. When you have finished college for a career you need to make sure you will make enough money to make regular payments on student loans. Also you want to make enough money so that you can live off it and not just survive. Living paycheck to paycheck would personally be very stressful and difficult. This is why i chose my future career as a physician's assistant. According to ("Physician Assistants". Bls.gov.) a physician's assistant earns a mean annual wage of ninety-nine thousand two hundred and seventy

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