Exhibit 6.4: Mean Income, Physicians vs. Total Full-time Wage and Salary Workers, 1985, 1996, 1998, 2000
Mean wage levels for all full-time workers increased 18% from 1996 to 2000 (from $20,384 to $37,492), while physician incomes increased just 3% over the same period. Still, physician income was about 5.5 times the income for all full-time workers in 2000.
Notes: Full-time Wage and Salary Worker Income reflects mean weekly earnings of full-time workers multiplied by 52.
Source: Physician Net Income from American Medical Association’s 1986, 1997 and 1999 Socioeconomic Monitoring System Surveys and their 2001 Patient Care Physician Survey. Full-Time Wage and Salary Worker Income from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Annual Average Earnings, Table 26, unpublished data.
