The bar chart below compares the yearly income earned by doctors and other professionals in seven distinct countries in 2004.
Overall, it is evident from the chart that the annual income of doctors was higher than that of other workers in all countries. Additionally, there was a marked discrepancy in salaries between doctors and others.
Looking at bigger numbers first, doctors whose annual income was more than 110,000$ were in Germany and US, with salaries of roughly 113,000$ and 145,000$, respectively. Both figures were at least 3 times more than their counterparts, with 30,000$ to Germany and 42,000$ to US. Similar pattern was observed in Switzerland and Canada. Specifically, the third country with the highest income of doctors was Switzerland, with nearly 110,000$ income, which is 65,000$ more than that of other professionals in the country. Top-four countries with the highest income of medical professionals finish with Canada, whose professionals earned approximately 105,000$, which is 75,000$ more than their counterparts from other fields.
In contrast, incomes of medics and other professionals in remaining countries were significantly less. The-lowest paid country in the list is the Czech Republic, which allocated from their budget 40,000$ to doctors and nearly roughly 15,000$ to other professionals. Salaries of medics in France and Finland were moderately higher, 85,000$ and 55,000$, respectively. Other professionals in these countries earned the same average salary of 30,000$.