Annual salaries of doctors and other workers across seven nations in 2004

The bar chart illustrates the annual salaries, measured in thousands of US dollars, for doctors and other workers in seven distinct countries during 2004. Overall, it is evident that doctors received substantially higher remuneration than other workers in every nation surveyed. Furthermore, the United States stood out as the country with the highest pay levels for both professional categories.

In the United States, doctors earned the highest salary at 120 thousand dollars, which was more than double the 45 thousand dollars earned by other workers. Switzerland and France followed with doctors earning 70 thousand dollars each, though their other workers earned 40 and 30 thousand dollars respectively. The Czech Republic and Germany showed similar trends for other workers, both at 20 thousand dollars, while doctors in these countries earned 65 and 63 thousand dollars respectively.

Italy and Finland reported the lowest salaries for other workers at 20 and 25 thousand dollars. In Italy, doctors earned 60 thousand dollars, whereas in Finland, they earned 50 thousand dollars. Notably, the gap between the two groups was most pronounced in the United States, while the smallest disparity was observed in Switzerland and Italy.