Table 2.

Medical Doctor salaries from selected countries for three levels of work experience

		Indiae	UKf	USAi	Canada	UAEl
0–3 years	NCUa	1,177,807	26,614	78,057	57,888j	70,469
		1,464,684	30,805		155,910	581,748
	Rupeeb	1,177,807	2,197,827	5,208,504	2,919,915	1,280,202
		1,464,684	2,543,926		7,864,221	10,568,551
	US ($)c	17,651	32,938	78,057	43,759	19,186
		21,950	38,124		117,857	158,385
	PPP ($)d	49,584	38,020	78,057	45,581	14,524
		61,661	44,007		122,764	119,899
	% PPP ($) gap over India		− 23.3	57.4	8.1	70.1
			− 28.6	26.6	99.1	94.4
5–10 years	NCU	1,439,512	36,461g	109,773	79,822k	82,212
		1,876,760	46,203		180,046	857,880
	Rupee	1,439,512	3,011,008	7,324,816	4,026,283	1,493,536
		1,876,760	3,815,518		9,081,670	15,585,010
	US ($)	21,573	45,124	109,773	60,340	22,383
		28,126	57,181		382,322	233,564
	PPP ($)	60,601	52,087	109,773	62,852	16,944
		79,008	66,004		141,769	176,810
	% PPP ($) gap over India		− 14.1	81.1	3.7	− 72.0
			− 16.5	38.9	79.4	123.8
10–20+ years	NCU	2,301,450	37,923h	145,039	87,804k	119,599
		2,878,530	70,718		290,304	855,826
	Rupee	2,301,450	3,131,742	9,678,008	4,428,902	2,172,742
		2,878,530	5,840,006		14,643,158	15,547,695
	US ($)	34,491	46,934	145,039	66,374	32,562
		43,139	87,521		219,449	233,005
	PPP ($)	96,887	54,176	145,039	69,137	24,649
		121,181	101,026		228,586	176,386
	% PPP ($) gap over India		− 44.1	49.7	− 28.6	− 74.5
			− 16.6	19.7	88.6	45.6

^aSalary in own national currency unit

^bAuthor calculations. Indian Rupees using average 2017 to date market rate [44]

^cAuthor calculations. US dollars using average 2017 to date market rate [44]

^dAuthor calculations. International dollar (purchasing power parity, PPP) [12]

^e [3]

^f Foundation years 1 and 2 respectively. In the UK, a medical officer is generally classed as a junior doctor [50]

^g Doctors continue to work and move onto specialities [50]

^hAdditions to basic salaries can be substantial through clinical excellence awards [51]

ⁱ [52]

^jThe Canadian doctor starter salary is based upon 1–4 years of experience [53]. All Canadian salaries are scaled down by 40% [37]

^kAdditional years of experience could not be clearly identified so the same increases for the USA were used as a reasonable proxy [52] but it is acknowledged that some regional variation does apply to Canada [54]

^l For doctors, Abu Dhabi generally offers the highest salaries for the country [55]