Disadvantages: Extensive training path. Long hours, call, and schedule are often inflexible. Potential personal sacrifices in terms of relationships, family, and hobbies.

For doctors training to become neurosurgeons, burnout is common, and certain workplace stressors — like unrewarding mentor relationships, difficult co-workers and not getting enough exposure to the operating room — can lead to it, according to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Paid vacation of 21 days each year, with additional time for educational conferences.

Orthopedic surgery, radiation oncology and vascular surgery rounded out the top five….Highest paying medical specialties in 2019.

Jobs That Pay $100 (Or More) Per Hour

1. $100+ Per Hour Jobs. Jobs that pay $100 an hour or more aren’t easy to come by.
2. Underwater Welder.
3. Anesthesiologist.
4. Commercial Pilot.
5. Tattoo Artist.
6. Arbitrator.
7. Orthodontist.
8. Freelance Photographer.

• ​Anesthesiologist. Doctors who administer anesthesia earn a whopping $246,320, on average — the highest wage listed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) database.
• ​Nurse anesthetist.
• ​Chief executive.
• ​Marketing manager.
• ​Computer and information systems manager.
• ​Optometrist.
• ​Orthodontist.
• ​Surgeon.

Here are the top 13 best jobs in 2019, according to U.S. New & World Report:

• Nurse Anesthetist (tie)
• Nurse practitioner.
• Pediatrician.
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (tie)
• Obstetrician and Gynecologist (tie)
• Physician (tie)
• Prosthodontist (tie) Median salary: $185,150.
• Occupational Therapist. Median salary: $83,200.

Health care jobs dominate, with physician assistant claiming the No. 1 spot.

That’s according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates survey. In operating rooms across the country, anesthesiologists, the highest-paid workers in the U.S., earn an average of $111.94 an hour, for a mean annual salary of $232,830, according to the BLS.

$7.25 per hour