Well I'm mainly interested in analysing blood samples and blood cell disorders, is that also what a pathologist can do or have I got the wrong idea?
Yeah I dread thinking about doing honours, thesis, research, etc. I just don't like spending too much time studying.
The RCPA (Pathology) and RACP (Physician) websites should give you information on this. The equivalent medical specialisation is haematology, which has multiple pathways to get there. If lifelong study is not something you can tolerate, then you will find this pathway rather difficult.
Since it takes around 12 years to become a specialised pathologist, what would the salary be like?
I obtained this list from a quick search.
In general, it's worth it if you enjoy the work, which is difficult to know until you are there. It is not enough to enjoy the subject matter. I would suggest a placement if you haven't already done so. Before you sub-specialise, you will be expected to deal with all other forms of clinical (eg not laboratory) medicine, and may have little exposure to haematology bar a couple months of rotation in medical school or as a resident. It is not uncommon to have a change of heart regarding specialty.
You will be paid from internship (eg a proper job) at a reasonable rate (usually around 60-80K full-time). From then on, you are expected to study, sit exams and develop yourself professionally outside your working hours. As a guide, the exams are usually much harder and easier to fail than in medical school. Completion of training in allows for an increase in flexibility of how and when you work.
Closely related would be nursing and scientists in the field, but they would unlikely to earn that much early on. You could look into pharmaceutics. I'd suggest a search of jobs on the internet for their respective salaries to give you an idea.
How about if I wanted to become a sonographer? Currently doing biomedical science so what would I need to do? Because the salaries are quite great for this position.
See here for what you need - as you can see, they are postgraduate courses. I'm not sure if they have any pre-requisites (eg a Bachelor of Medical Imaging) - someone else would need to tell you, or you could do better and shoot the universities an email as I have just Googled everything.
Damn it. I just don't know what to do anymore.
If in doubt, worry less about pay, do your research, and do something that you both like and are good at.
I just want to be financially dependent without ever having to worry about expenses.
A job that doesn't take a couple years to start earning 100k/+
Yeah I just realised how unrealistic my expectations have been. So what job would I start earning 100k after say 5-7 years or so? Is that still unrealistic?