Note that payscale.com just measures salary; it doesn’t include other forms of compensation, taxation, cost of living, public services provided with that taxation, etc. So there are some additional modifiers.
US salaries don’t take the cost of education into account either. Most doctors are paying a hefty amount to student loans for decades on top of the malpractice insurance and other costs to practicing medicine.
Plus the absolutely ridiculous work hours. I assume other countries also have long hours, but doubt they are to the same extent as US doctors.
Can’t say I blame them. It’s really rough.
It’s a disaster. We’re brain draining poor countries of doctors and nurses whilst ours are off to Canada and elsewhere.
UK general practitioner:
https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary
($81,152.5)
Australia general practitioner:
https://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary
($85,934.08)
Canada general practitioner:
https://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary
($109,072.3)
US general practitioner:
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary
UK surgeon:
https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Surgeon/Salary
($90,581.25)
Australia Surgeon:
https://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=Surgeon/Salary
($140,800)
Canada surgeon:
https://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=Surgeon/Salary
($136,160)
US surgeon:
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Surgeon/Salary
Note that payscale.com just measures salary; it doesn’t include other forms of compensation, taxation, cost of living, public services provided with that taxation, etc. So there are some additional modifiers.
Yes, US salaries always look misleadingly high without taking the insurance situation into account.
US salaries don’t take the cost of education into account either. Most doctors are paying a hefty amount to student loans for decades on top of the malpractice insurance and other costs to practicing medicine.
Plus the absolutely ridiculous work hours. I assume other countries also have long hours, but doubt they are to the same extent as US doctors.
That sort of data makes a lot more sense in a table: