Ok, so what are they paid in the UK? Typical pharmacist now in the U.S. - minimum of 2 years (typically 4) of undergrad college and 4 years of pharmacy school - so 6 to 8 years of school. End up about $120,000+ in debt from school loans (unless they went to a private school - then it's much more). Make about $100,000 year before taxes.
Actually, if you look at it, in the US, no matter what you do , the annual salary is pretty close to the cost of the education (at a State University). So someone who gets a 4 year degree in, say accounting, and end up about $30,000 to $40,000 in debt (school loans), typically will make a salary of about that much per year once they graduate.
However, in regards to UK vs. US, not sure how they compare, but here in the US we have to pay all or at least part of our health insurance expense monthly (typical family who gets part of their health insurance paid at work pays about $350 out of their own pocket monthly for health insurance). we have to pay anywhere from 5% to 20% of our hospital/doctor bill even though we have insurance. We pay Social security tax, medicare tax, federal income tax, state income tax, and sometimes city income tax out of our paychecks - typically between 30% to 50% of our paycheck (depending on how much you make and where you live in the U.S.). We pay for our own retirement, sometimes you will find an employer who will match 5% of your income annually into a retirement account, but that doesn't always happen. We typically get 2 weeks paid vacation per year (if we are lucky). We pay appx. 8.5% sales tax on most items we purchase. We typically pay for our own disability insurance, and other insurances (life insurance, etc.) that cover us if we can't work for whatever reason or if we die. Everything is BIG over here (spread out), so an hour commute to work is not uncommon. 99% of our cities don't have a decent public transportation, so we must all own our own vehicle, and pay for fuel to get to work. I am frugal and I pay $355 per month in a car payment, $150 per month in car insurance (on one car), about $1,000/year in maintenance on the car, and about $300/month in fuel expense to get to work and back.
Besides all of that we have property taxes on our homes of about 3.5% per year (on average) of the value of the house - so the owner of a house valued at $150,000 will receive an annual tax bill of about $5,250. Also we have home owners insurance to insure our homes against fire, etc. of about $1,400/year for a house valued at about $150,000.
Oh, and child care expense. Employers pay $0 towards child care, which costs about $100/week for 1 child.
I can't think of anything else at the moment, but I know there are other items we are required to pay that affects our bottom line.
Ok, so how does this compare to the UK?
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