According to the Glassdor site, the national average salary for the position of Physician is $ 15,817 per month in Mexico. However, there are different salary variations among physicians who work in pharmacies, in private practices, and within public agencies.
The average medical salary in Mexico
However, the average medical salary in Mexico is $ 96,000 per year or $ 49.23 per hour. Entry-level positions start with an income of $ 23,938 per year, while more experienced professionals earn up to $ 144,000 per year.
Income index by institution
IMSS
Medical – Per month $ 26,109 / month
IMSS
Physician – Contractor per month $ 15,430 / month
Secretariat of Health of Mexico City
Physician – Contractor per month $ 18,800 / month
Savings Pharmacies
Medical – Per month $ 14,499 / month
Similar Pharmacies
Medical – Per month $ 11,514 / month
Does a pharmacy doctor or a public assistance doctor earn more? About franchise pharmacies
According to data projected by Animal Político, salaries in franchise pharmacies range from 9,000 to 13,000 pesos per month approximately.
In private companies from 14,000 to 20,000 pesos. But some generic establishments offer a minimum of 7,000 pesos a month.
The situation inside pharmacies
Through an ex-worker, it is known that in a pharmacy, the pay was 500 pesos a day. Plus the procedures that were done such as the application of an injection, since these processes were charged separately.
However, he only earned around 600 pesos a day, for six days and from 3:00 in the afternoon to 9:00 or 10:00 at night. Because it depended on how many people there were.
So, doing the calculation, the doctor pocketed a little more than 14,000 pesos a month approximately.
Private consultations are on the rise
Although it has been more than a year since the pandemic arrived, the latest data available is from the Health and Nutrition Survey 2018-2019 (Ensanut).
In this analysis, carried out jointly by the Ministry of Health, the Institute of Public Health and INEGI, it was found that in the last two weeks 56.8% of people had attended consultations in the public sector (including social security) , and 43.2% to the private sector.
Pharmacy dependent offices serve 16.8%
The Ensanut detailed that independent medical offices offer 60.2% of all private sector consultations. And the offices that depend on pharmacies the remaining 39.5%.
“By themselves, pharmacy dependent offices attend 16.8% of all outpatient consultations. Which reinforces the importance of considering this subgroup ”, the study concluded.
What makes them so in demand?
The 2020 Population Census of the INEGI, meanwhile, it reported that 12.8% of the population goes to pharmacy clinics to receive medical attention, and 16% to private sector hospital institutions.
When reviewing the figures from both studies, it is found that 4 out of 10 medical consultations in the country are in private services, either in hospitals or pharmacy offices. The latter known for charging about 50 pesos per consultation, and being easily accessible to people in their neighborhoods.
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