The graph illustrates the average annual salary of doctors and other jobs in Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland and United States in 2004.
Overall, doctors in United States received the highest salaries, while in Canada, Germany and Switzerland they received similar salaries. In addition, both doctors and other professions in United States had the highest salaries.
While the annual salaries for doctors peaked at around $145.000 in United States, the same proportion of pay can be seen in Germany, Switzerland and Canada, which were about $114.000, $110.00 and $105.000, respectively. The salaries of doctors in France (about $85.000) was higher than that of the Finland and Czech Republic, at $55.000 and $40.000.
At the same time, the annual pay for other jobs in United States and Switzerland were $43.000, and the figures for the Germany, France, Finland and Canada were lower, other occupations in these countries received $30.000. And Czech Republic had the lowest the salaries, at about $15.000, while the salaries in United States were three-fold that of Czech Republic.
