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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Did some searching online... In the USA, the average salary for a General Practice Physician (according to salary.com) is $234,090 (USD); according to Indeed it's $218,056 (USD) per year. In Canada, the median annual salary for a General Practitioner (GP) is $227,218 (CAD).

So not exactly at par but probably likely still attractive. When you factor in the political climate, I can see how some may choose to move here.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/CA

On average, you'd make 19% less money. But you'd spend 35% less on health care. Oh, and you'll be 63% less likely to be murdered.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

And 90%+ less likely to be grabbed off the street by plainclothes Nazis and sent to a concentration camp....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You’re forgetting about the exchange rate. It’s more like 220kish USD vs 170Kish USD

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Exchange rate? If you’re not in the US and not importing goods from the US, that’s meaningless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Things in Canada tend to cost more in Canadian dollars than they do in the states, roughly in proportion to the USD to CAD exchange rate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Then you need to compare salary to something like CPI. What can the money buy?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Well, for $3 you can buy a dozen eggs in Canada….

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

We paid $4 yesterday and I was angry

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

And national healthcare.