The given bar chart illustrates the differences in annual earnings between doctors and other employees across seven nations in the year 2004.
Overall, doctors earned substantially more than other workers in all seven countries. In terms of annual earnings for non-medical professionals, the US ranked first, while Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy were at the bottom of the list.
With regard to annual pay, doctors in the US earned the highest salary among the seven countries, at approximately $120,000. Following the US, doctors in Switzerland and France earned the second-highest salary, at around $70,000, followed by those in the Czech Republic, who received approximately $65,000 each. In contrast, the salaries of doctors in Germany and Italy were relatively similar, standing at around $60,000 annually. Finland had the lowest salary among doctors, at only $25,000 per year.
Regarding the salaries of other workers, those in the US received the highest pay among the seven countries, slightly higher than their counterparts in Switzerland, at around $45,000 and $40,000, respectively. Following this, employees in France and Finland earned approximately $30,000 per year. In contrast, the lowest figures were recorded in the Czech Republic, Italy and Germany, where annual incomes stood at just $20,000.
