Band 7+: The chart below shows the annual pay (thousands of US dollars) for doctors and other workers in seven countries in 2004. Summarize the information by selecting the key feature and make comparison where relevant.

The given bar graph gives information about the company’s annual payments to doctors and other workers in the USA, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, and France in 2004. Looking from an overview perspective, it can be seen that the highest annual payments in each country were for doctors as compared to other workers, and the highest payment for doctors was in the USA.

To begin with, the highest annual payments for both doctors and other workers were in the USA, at 120 dollars and above 40 dollars, respectively. The payments for doctors in Switzerland and France remained relatively the same, between 80 and 60 dollars, while 40 dollars was the annual payment for other workers in Switzerland and 30 dollars in France.

Proceeding, in Finland the annual payment for doctors was about 50 dollars, but payment for other workers was the lowest among doctors, between 20 and 30 dollars. Furthermore, in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Italy, the payments for other workers remained unchanged at 20 dollars, but the payments for doctors in the Czech Republic were slightly higher than in Germany and Italy.