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77/ 100
Healthcare #8 of 1000 overall
Vascular Surgeon
PerspectaScore 77/100 — our composite grade across wealth, freedom, stability, ROI, burnout and automation risk.
Where Vascular Surgeon ranks
How this career places against all 1000 careers in our database.
The nine scores
Wealth Potential98/100
Lifetime net-worth percentile vs every other career.
Freedom & Flexibility67/100
Remote work, mobility, self-employment and early-FI potential.
Job Stability80/100
Resilience to layoffs and recessions.
Career Mobility80/100
Room to climb and grow income over time.
Geographic Flexibility80/100
How easily this career relocates between states.
Degree / Training ROI77/100
Payoff relative to the time and debt to get in.
Family Friendliness58/100
Stability, benefits and lower burnout for raising a family.
Burnout Risk80/100
Emotional and physical toll of the work.
Automation Risk10/100
Exposure to being replaced by AI / automation.
Key facts
- Median salary
- $181,000
- Median take-home
- $135,124
- Top 10% salary
- $303,000
- Net worth @ 65
- $11.3M
- Lifetime earnings
- $17.6M
- Financial independence
- Age 38
- Education
- Associate / Bachelor's
- Typical debt
- $40,000
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