Surgeons again top list of professional high earners: ATO data
GP incomes still lag most of their higher earning medical colleagues.
Surgeons once again top the list as the highest paid professionals in the nation, at least according to the latest Australian Taxation Office data.
Doctors dominate the top 10, taking five of the first six spots, including anaesthetists, internal medicine specialists, psychiatrists and other medical specialists.
Surgeons had an average taxable income of $472,475, up $12,119 on the previous year, ATO figures for 2022-23 showed.
Anaesthetists’ average income was $447,193, a rise of $16,000 on the previous year.
