The graph illustrates how much doctors and other workers get annually paid in 2004 in seven countries.
Overall, the annual salaries for doctors were higher than those for other jobs in every presented countries. It is also noticeable that the UK paid the workers the highest wage among the countries in the chart.
Regarding the earned income of doctors, while the amount of money doctors earned in each year in the US was the highest, which was tripled of that in other workers, at 120 thousand dollars, followed distantly by France and Switzerland. The annual income for doctors in France and Switzerland is similar, at about 70 thousand dollars. Both the Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy paid doctors a lower amount of money annually, with around 60 thousand dollars being paid to doctors in these countries, which halved the figure for the US. Finally, doctors in Finland received almost half as much money as the US each year (approximately 50 thousand compared to 120 thousand).
Turning to other workers, annual salaries for other workers in the US was about 45 thousand dollars, which was also the highest, and the figure for Italy, the Czech Republic, and Germany were significantly lower, both at 20 thousand dollars, which were one third of the income of doctors in those countries. The amount of money the other workers earned each year in Switzerland was slightly higher than that in France and Finland, with the respective figures being 40 thousand, around 30 thousand and approximately 25 thousand dollars. It is important to note that other workers in Switzerland got paid twice as much money as Italy, Czech Republic, and Germany.
