IELTS Writing Task 1 - Bar chart

The chart below shows the annual pay (thousands of US dollars) for doctors and other workers in seven countries in 2004.

The bar chart illustrates the amount of money paid for doctors and other workers yearly in seven countries in 2004.

Overall, it is clear to see that compared to other occupations, doctor was significantly more well-paid across all the countries. Additionally, the US was the nation paying the highest salary for doctors.

With the annual pay of 120 thousands of US dollars, the doctors in US held the record of gaining the highest income among the countries. By contrast, other workers in this country only earned around one third of that amount. Switzerland and France also paid high salaries for doctors, with the figures mounting to 75 thousands of US dollars each.

Turning to Finland, the country paid the lowest annual sum of money for doctors, at 45 thousands of US dollar, while paying other employees only half of the amount. Other three countries spent around 60 thousands of US dollars on doctors’ salaries, while paying roughly one third of that amount to other types of jobs.