> Doctors and other highly paid professionals stand out in this respect. Our autoworkers and retail clerks do not in general earn more than their counterparts i

> Doctors and other highly paid professionals stand out in this respect. Our autoworkers and retail clerks do not in general earn more than their counterparts in other wealthy countries. You need to compare doctor pay with pay on other skilled careers like software engineers and lawyers. A software engineer earns considerably more in the US than in Europe.