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Table 2 Medical doctor salaries of selected countries for three levels of work experience

From: What is the financial incentive to immigrate? An analysis of salary disparities between health workers working in the Caribbean and popular destination countries

 

Jamaica5

Dominica8

St Lucia11

Grenada14

UK17

US20

Canada

0-3 yrs

NCU1

2,403,8795

51,6068

58,32211

46,956

28,425

63,984

68,46721

XCD2

50,973

51,606

58,322

46,956

104,888

174,036

141,042

US ($)3

18,740

18,973

21,442

17,263

38,562

63,984

51,854

PPP ($)4

28,079

28,428

32,127

25,866

40,607

63,984

53,911

% PPP ($) gap over Caribbean average (28,626)

41.9

123.5

88.3

5–10 yrs

NCU

2,793,0796

57,5049

63,61512

61,28415

40,92518

108,387

115,97622

XCD

59,226

57,504

63,615

61,284

151,013

294,813

238,911

US ($)

21,774

21,141

23,388

22,531

55,520

108,387

87,835

PPP ($)

32,625

31,677

35,043

33,759

58,464

108,387

91,320

% PPP ($) gap over Caribbean average (33,276)

43.1

235.8

174.4

10–20+ yrs

NCU

3,255,3487

57,50410

68,34213

61,28416

70,01819

146,847

157,12922

XCD

69,028

57,504

68,342

61,284

258,366

399,424

323,686

US ($)

25,377

21,141

25,126

22,531

94,987

146,847

119,002

PPP ($)

38,025

31,677

37,647

33,757

100,026

146,847

123,724

% PPP ($) gap over Caribbean average (35,276)

183.5

316.3

251.3

  1. 1salary in own national currency unit
  2. 2Author calculations. Eastern Caribbean Dollars using average 2016 market rate [85]
  3. 3Author calculations. US dollars using average 2016 market rate [85]
  4. 4Author calculations. International dollar purchasing power parity (PPP) [86]
  5. 5 [43] Medical Officer level 2 (MO2)
  6. 6 MO3
  7. 7 MO4
  8. 8,9,10 [44] No available data on salary progression
  9. 11 [87]. Grade 13
  10. 12 step 3 or 4 of grade 14
  11. 13 end point of grade 15
  12. 14 [88]. Grade J at entry level
  13. 15grade J after 10 years
  14. 16grade J after 20 years or more
  15. 17 Foundation yr. 1 and 2 respectively. In the UK a medical officer is generally classed as a junior doctor. [90]
  16. 18 Doctors continue to work and move onto a specialty [90]
  17. 19Additions to basic salaries can be substantial through clinical excellence awards [42]
  18. 20 [54]
  19. 21The Canadian doctor starter salary is based upon 1–4 years of experience [91]
  20. 22Additional years of experience could not be clearly identified so the same increases for the US were used as a reasonable proxy [54] but it is acknowledged that some regional variation would apply to Canada [92]