MD salary

[megaton]

Its all about the taxes folks. I'll attach some links so you guys can see for yourselves.

http://lsminsurance.ca/calculators/canada/income-tax

http://mdsalaries.blogspot.com/2007/10/canadian-versus-american-physician.html

Assuming the avg salary is 130k, after taxes, its reduced to ~90k.

If you're gonna go to school for ~11 years and get paid the same as a pharmacist then you must be out of your mind.

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[heeltoe]

The credibility of some of these articles has to be seriously questioned.

I have countless friends going into their second year of practice. This includes psych, gp, rads, opth, ent, gen surg, uro, anesth, plastics, and an obs. These people are practicing in provinces from bc to ont inclusive. I have yet to see even one of them gross less than 200K. Depending on the specialty they are making a lot more.

CMA releases a yearly average of salaries. I cant seem to find a link to it on their website anymore but i am looking at a hardcopy from 2002. The average for surgical specialties in canada then was $312 215 and medical specialties was $258 838 and familly med was $190 928. That is on gross payments billed not including any other sources of income. I know that numerous provinces have had wage increases for physicians since then.


Edit: I see post #32 and the few following that states what I just did and provides a link to the info. Serves me right for not reading the whole thread and replying to a thread thats 5 years old!

 

[pgouda]

I've never seen so many outright lies posted on a thread in my life.

I dont know what specialists make in Canada, but family practice docs get raped.

Their salaries are CAPPED at $80k canadian dollars per year, which is about $65k US dollars. That number is BEFORE TAXES!

You guys need to research your facts first.

... gonna have to call you on that one. My mom is a family doctor in Alberta, and make about 250 000K that's just a fmily doctor. She works Mon - Fri 8-530 and sat 10-1 so she works more than an average family doc. And taxes are around 42%... i think