Yes but at an average of 14 years post graduation earning 120,000 USD would be unthinkable. I’d expect a US physician in his lat 30s to be earning well over 300,000 USD in a country with cheaper living costs.

Really? My dad’s mate came over to the US after uni and earns well over 500,000 a year. Much to my dad’s annoyance. So how much does the average general practioner, anaesthetist, cardiologist, respiratory physician or colorectal surgeon earn in the states. We thought you guys would be on a little over a million assuming you were in a fairly lucrative speciality.

In addition big salaries often coincide with 100-120 hour work weeks resulting in 2,3,4 marriages that wipe the poor sucker clean out each time

Wow, it’s very different from what I expected. The average consultant starts off at around 60,000GBP but there are a lot of ways that this is increased for eg merit awards; so the average consultant earns around 120,000 after various bonuses from the NHS alone. If you choose a speciality with procedures and if you’re working in the right part of the UK then this is easily doubled eg the average obstetrician in London earns a million or the average gynaecologist in the UK earns 250,000. Certain specialities eg paediatrics have no private practice except in london.

Considering how long and costly your university is, the running costs (eg idemnity insurance) but shorter postgraduate training in the US it’s difficult to say where it’s better off to be a doctor. I like the idea of the NHS so I have to admit the wage difference isn’t enough to tempt me to the US.