Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan. On this day in 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan in perhaps the most memorable speech of his career. The speech, in which he called Japanâs act a âdeliberate deception,â received thunderous applause from Congress and, soon after, the United States officially entered the Second...
How much does a pediatrician make? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says the median hourly wage of a general pediatrician in 2012 was more than $74 an hour, or nearly $155,000 a year. Most pediatricians work in private physician offices and deal with fairly long work days and demanding schedules.
Medscape's Pediatrician Compensation Report: 2013 says the average pediatrician salary is $173,000 a year. The Profiles Database Physician Salary Survey reports the salary of pediatrician subspecialties is higher, ranging up to $395,000 a year for starting pediatric orthopedic surgeons.