It’s a question many wonder about. Both fields demand years of learning, but the pay gap at the entry level is striking.
Healthcare: Professionals spend long years in study, internships, and training. The focus is on service, safety, and accuracy. Early career salaries are often modest despite the workload.
IT Sector: Shorter training cycles, high global demand, and rapid scalability of skills mean freshers often land higher packages right from the start.
The difference?
Healthcare deals with lives, where mistakes are costly, so growth is steady, experience based, and responsibility driven.
IT deals with systems, where innovation and speed are rewarded immediately.
In the long run, healthcare professionals build stable, respected careers, but the initial financial struggle often feels unfair.
Read why people choose IT over healthcare
Do you think society undervalues healthcare at the starting stage, or is it just the nature of the profession?
If you could choose again would you choose IT or healthcare ?
Well the fact of the matter is that, healthcare professionals are always paid less, not just at the beginning.
The kind of emergency work we do, dayshift - night shifts, weekend calls and dealing with life-threatening situations Vs Monday to Friday 9 to 5 PM jobs they do, and that too WFH, then one realizes how medicos are at the receiving end.
And I’m not even counting the Long years of studies we put in.
This is a very real and honest discussion that many fresh graduates face. While the initial pay gap is discouraging, the post correctly points out the long-term stability and inherent purpose in healthcare. It’s a trade-off between immediate financial reward and a career of service.
Yes, absolutely sir @Hbdoctor the sacrifices, unpredictable hours, and constant pressure in healthcare rarely match the compensation. It’s high time society rethinks how we value those who literally hold lives in their hands.
This post highlights a very real issue many students think about. IT gives quick rewards with higher salaries, while healthcare takes a longer time to settle. In healthcare, the work is more about service and responsibility, which society sometimes undervalues in the early stages. But in the long run, healthcare gives respect, stability, and personal satisfaction. IT, on the other hand, offers fast growth and financial comfort. Personally, I feel both have their own challenges and rewards, but choosing depends on whether one values passion and service or quick financial success.
Healthcare is undervalued at the starting age.
If I get chance again I will choose IT not healthcare, after working in this field I feel struggle is very real in healthcare. IT pay more than healthcarw in 5 years .
Unlike IT professionals who often start earning well from day one, healthcare professionals face a longer learning curve with years of study, training, and internships before reaching financial stability. The responsibility of handling lives, ethical obligations, and delayed entry into the workforce often mean lower starting pay, though growth potential and job satisfaction in healthcare are rewarding in the long run.
The pay gap at the beginning largely reflects how industries value skill monetization. IT professionals quickly contribute to revenue-driven projects, while healthcare professionals spend years in supervised practice before independence. Although the starting salaries seem lower, the societal impact, respect, and long-term career stability in healthcare often outweigh the initial financial disparity.
Most of the IT jobs are in well paying MNCs. candidates getting a good placement will definitely get an advantageous package while fresh doctors start in small clinics or hospitals. And in health sector, all the hard work is hailed as saintly and on par with the service minded profession we chose. So recognition is provided in words, but not in money.
This is a well stated fact that medical professional don’t get proper work-life balance and a regular wage pay when they start their career.
No work is big or small but considers the years of study, risky profession and mentally draining shifts … I personally feel that doctor should be considered or respected more.
Going back in time I might not choose medical but I might not choose IT either in my personal opinion.
Well said @prasanthkumar both fields have their own trade offs, and it really comes down to whether one prioritizes passion and service or quicker financial gains.
True @Daniel healthcare demands more years of preparation and starts slower financially, but the long term rewards in stability, respect, and impact make the journey worthwhile.
Exactly @Theresa-lily in healthcare, recognition often comes as respect and words, while IT offers financial rewards upfront, creating a clear contrast between the two fields.
Agreed @Soumya the years of study and demanding nature of healthcare deserve far more respect and fair pay, even if neither IT nor medicine feels like an easy choice.
Healthcare: Professionals spend long years in study, internships, and training. The focus is on service, safety, and accuracy. Early career salaries are often modest despite the workload.
The difference?
Do you think society undervalues healthcare at the starting stage, or is it just the nature of the profession?