A British doctor with nearly ten years of experience sparked outrage after sharing his wage slip online.
London-based Souradip Mookerjee decided to reveal the harsh realities faced by healthcare professionals on X.
His disclosure came at a time when junior doctors were striking once more over a protracted pay dispute involving the British Medical Association (BMA) union and the government.
In a post on his X account, @souramoo, Mookerjee shared: “My salary as a doctor in London working 40h weeks after 9 years of uni at Cambridge and a phd #BMADoctorsVoteYes”.
The wage slip revealed an initial payment of £2,680.84 ($3,585.76).
After deductions for tax and other factors, Mookerjee’s take-home pay is only £1,671.47 ($2,231.81) per month.
To put this into perspective, the average rent in London is around £935 a month (approximately $1,250), leaving Mookerjee with limited funds for other expenses.
Many people were shocked by the low pay and inquired about the taxes Mookerjee paid.
He provided a screenshot detailing the deductions, which included national insurance—a tax for universal healthcare through the NHS, pension contributions, and student loan repayments.
Nothing unusual there.
One person questioned: “Is there a London weighting? £1671 would only just cover rent and public transport in London,” to which Mookerjee confirmed: “This is including London weighting and you are correct.”
Another individual shared their own payslip as a first-year junior doctor from 2010, which showed a slightly higher wage of £1677.02.
Another person commented: “For reference, this is only £200 more than I was paid in my first job 25 years ago AND I was provided with free hospital accommodation AND no tuition fees.
“Utterly, utterly unacceptable.”
Another remarked: “This is outrageous! I cannot believe that a highly educated, highly skilled person with such huge responsibility can be paid so little.
“You and everyone who works in the NHS deserve so much more.”
A fellow graduate with a similar experience added: “Eight years of university got me pretty much the same upon graduation, wages are depressed as hell across the board and having a PhD gets you sod all it seems.
“Sometimes think I would have been better off bringing my swimming badges into the interview.”