The bar chart illustrates the average salaries of doctors and other professionals in seven different countries, United States, Switzerland, Germany, France, Finland, Czech Republic, and Canada in 2004.
Overall, it is clear that doctors are paid substantially more than other workers in all countries. The United States ranked first, while the Czech Republic paid the lowest salaries to doctors.
In the United States, doctors earned the highest salaries, approximately 150 thousand dollars, while in Germany, doctors received slightly over 110 thousand dollars. Switzerland and Canada paid doctors around 110 thousand dollars each. In France and Finland, doctors earned more than 80 thousand dollars, while the Czech Republic paid the lowest salaries to doctors at 40 thousand dollars.
On the other hand, professionals in other fields earned significantly less. For instance, in the United States and Switzerland, workers received approximately 45 thousand dollars. In Canada, Finland, and France, workers earned around 30 thousand dollars each. The Czech Republic ranked last, paying workers nearly 20 thousand dollars.