Feelin' Queasy. Salary: $160,000 

You're a week into your residency, and you threw up on your first cadaver. Come on—like that corpse wasn't gross enough to begin with. Looks like you just wasted a lot of time in med school.

Almost to the Finish? Salary: $200,000 

You're four years into your residency and are on the verge of a mental breakdown. Every night, you're haunted by images of stained bodily fluids on slides. You've either got to find a way to cope, or to find another way to make a buck.

It Never Ends. Salary: $260,000 

You aced your residency, got certified by the ABP, and you've landed your first real deal job at a hospital. Somehow the stress is actually...sort of...manageable. Those samples keep piling up on your desk, and these doctors are all up in your face, but you're handling it.

Pro Pathologist. Salary: $289,000 

You're the head pathologist at a well-respected hospital. Your salary is soaring, and everybody wants you to weigh in on their cases. All these years in the same lab have gotten a little monotonous, but never fear—a Caribbean retirement is in sight.

World Saver. Salary: $300,000+ 

Your career in research pathology exploded when you discovered the cure for a virulent plague that was sweeping the globe. Now, you just need to sit back, relax, and polish that Nobel Prize. Good job, you saved the human race.