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Once that's factored in, the doctor still has higher lifetime earnings, but not nearly the 4x you're pointing at. More like 1.8x.
And it's not until about age 40 that the doctor breaks even relative to the plumber.
And the doctor can only pull all that off in the first place with access to about $500,000 in credit.
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Once that's factored in, the doctor still has higher lifetime earnings, but not nearly the 4x you're pointing at. More like 1.8x.
And it's not until about age 40 that the doctor breaks even relative to the plumber.
And the doctor can only pull all that off in the first place with access to about $500,000 in credit.