The bar chart compares the average annual income of doctors and other employees in seven countries in 2004. The countries listed are Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States.
Overall, doctors earned significantly more than other workers in all the countries surveyed. The highest salaries for both doctors and other workers were observed in the United States and Switzerland, while the Czech Republic and Finland had the lowest pay across both groups.
Doctors in the United States earned the highest average salary, approximately $140,000 per year, followed by Switzerland at around $120,000. In Germany and Canada, doctors received average salaries of about $100,000 and $90,000, respectively. The gap between doctors and other workers in these countries was substantial. For instance, while doctors in the United States earned around $140,000, other workers made significantly less, with an average income of around $40,000.
In countries like France, Finland, and the Czech Republic, doctors earned lower salaries compared to the top earners. In France, doctors made around $70,000, while those in Finland earned $50,000, and in the Czech Republic, the figure was only $30,000. Similarly, other workers in these countries earned less, with averages ranging from about $20,000 in Finland to under $10,000 in the Czech Republic.