Female GPs Earn 25% Less Than Male Counterparts

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Date posted: 21.06.10

Female GPs earn an average 25 per cent less than their male counterparts, according to the first study into doctors’ earnings released today by the Melbourne Institute and Monash University.

The surprise finding reveals that the gender income gap is greater for those at the frontline of the medical profession than it is for all of the nation’s full-time adult workers, where average total earnings for women are 20.7 per cent lower than men according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

“This is something of a mystery,” says Professor Tony Scott, principal investigator for the research project. “While such differences persist in other occupations, this is particularly difficult to understand in an occupation where men and women have the same high level of education.”

“Our results have adjusted for differences in hours worked, years of experience, and a host of other factors. It could be that female doctors see a different mix of patients than male doctors. We are puzzled and are continuing to look into this.”

The study also found that female specialists were at an earnings disadvantage when compared with males, but the difference was smaller at 16.6 per cent.

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