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

Table 3 Consultant/Specialist salaries of selected countries

Consultant/ Specialist		Jamaica⁵	Dominica⁶	St Lucia⁷	Grenada⁸	UK⁹	US¹⁰	Canada¹¹
Entry level to 20 yrs experience	NCU¹	4,597,824	66,810	74,817	63,420	57,783	270,734	199,627
	XCD²	101,946	66,810	74,871	63,420	213,219	736,398	411,232
	US ($)³	37,480	24,563	27,506	23,316	78,389	270,734	151,188
	PPP ($)⁴	56,158	36,803	41,214	34,936	82,547	270,734	119,046
	% PPP ($) gap over Caribbean average (42,278)					95.2	540.4	181.6

¹salary in own national currency unit
²Author calculations. Eastern Caribbean Dollars using average 2016 to date market rate [85]
³Author calculations. US dollars using average 2016 to date market rate [85]
⁴Author calculations. International dollar (purchasing power parity, PPP) [86]
⁵ [43] MO6 with no promotion to MO7 after 20 yrs.
⁶ [44] No available data on salary progression
⁷ [87] Grade 17 with no promotion to 20 yrs. experience
⁸ [88] Grade k at entry level to 20 yrs. experience
⁹ [52] [53]
¹⁰ [55] [56] [93]
¹¹ [94, 95]

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