Originally Posted by
riddei
1 in 10 jobs in the US are directly tied to the US auto industry. If they go down, so goes the US economy (much worse than we've seen already). This is a really scary time.
However, the average Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner does not make $73 per hour in the US. Everyone is quick to say that health-care is too expensive in the USA. Do workers screwing bolts in a chassis need to cost this kind of money to employ?
$73 is not their hourly wage. It includes benefits like insurances, pension, disability, etc.
I work in a hospital in a GM town. PAs and even newly hired staff RNs make more than auto workers. Newly hired auto workers start at $14. New RNs (Associate's degree) make more than twice that, plus a a nice signing bonus.