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It probably depends, but I know a radiologist who just finished their fellowship with an offer for >$500k, not in the boondocks. Another friend (more mid career) is an allergist at $250k, but working only part time. It doesn't seem that implausible for someone to get into seven figures income, though I don't have a sense of how common that is. Maybe you need to start a private practice for that? Or are those well and truly dead?
Private practices are dead for most specialties, killed by hospital lobbying and regulatory burden. The vast majority of types of physicians are "employed" now (also - this is why we aren't responsible for whatever thing is annoying you, we aren't in charge anymore).
Physician compensation is unusual, the starting salary for an attending is usually pretty much the same as the salary for an attending who has been working for 30 years. So yes your friend's are getting offers around 500k which is about the median for Radiology.
Radiology is one of the better compensated specialties, and used to be considered one of the "best" for high compensation better work-life balance ("ROAD") in recent years compensation per work done has declined sharply and the radiologists have kept up by increasing work load to the point where it's becoming a bit undesirable.
Last time I checked allergist salaries that was close to what they were making period, so that's a good gig (granted my knowledge on that one may be out of date).
Again 7 figures is basically impossible without being Neuro/Spine/Cash Plastics or something else like fraud (it happens), another revenue stream (owning a patent, executive work), or working 80-120 hours a week (people absolutely do this).
Basically as with any career with ownership or sufficient hustle and skill you can make bank, but the top 1 percent doesn't say too much about ten pop (and the salary data I've seen matches that).
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