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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

UK general practitioner:

https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary

£64,922 / year

($81,152.5)

Australia general practitioner:

https://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary

AU$134,272 / year

($85,934.08)

Canada general practitioner:

https://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary

C$147,395 / year

($109,072.3)

US general practitioner:

https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=General_Practitioner/Salary

$127,451 / year

UK surgeon:

https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Surgeon/Salary

£72,465 / year

($90,581.25)

Australia Surgeon:

https://www.payscale.com/research/AU/Job=Surgeon/Salary

AU$220,000 / year

($140,800)

Canada surgeon:

https://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Job=Surgeon/Salary

C$184,000 / year

($136,160)

US surgeon:

https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Surgeon/Salary

$308,047 / year

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, US salaries always look misleadingly high without taking the insurance situation into account.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That sort of data makes a lot more sense in a table:

Country GP (local/year) GP (USD/year) Surgeon (local/year) Surgeon (USD/year)
🇬🇧 64,922 GBP 81,152 72,465 GBP 90,581
🇦🇺 134,272 AUD 85,934 220,000 AUD 140,800
🇨🇦 147,395 CAD 109,072 184,000 CAD 136,160
🇺🇸 127,451 USD 308,047 USD