physician · SOC 29-1218

Obstetricians and Gynecologists

National median $292,910 / yr · 21,260 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$292,910

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

ND

Score 81 · North Dakota

Top-paying metro

Burlington

$444,290 median

Top WageBench Score

81

North Dakota

Top 10 destinations

Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.

Rank	Area	Annual Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	WageBench Score ↓
#1	North Dakota	$414,060	$405,779	2.0%	89	✓	81
#2	Louisiana	$404,550	$392,414	3.0%	88	✓	78
#3	Utah	$437,170	$417,279	4.5%	99	✓	77
#4	Tennessee	$354,580	$354,580	0.0%	92	✓	75
#5	Iowa	$356,020	$342,491	3.8%	88	✓	75
#6	Oklahoma	$370,260	$353,598	4.5%	88	✓	75
#7	Indiana	$351,990	$341,254	3.0%	93	✓	74
#8	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$358,070	$358,070	0.0%	—	✓	74
#9	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$353,740	$338,706	4.3%	—	✓	73
#10	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$374,080	$359,117	4.0%	—	✓	73

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$94,680
P25
$179,810
MEDIAN
$292,910
P75
$369,390
P90
$437,300

Hourly mean

$134

Hourly median

$141

Annual mean

$279,040

Total US jobs

21,260

Every state & metro, ranked

Filter by state, set a minimum WageBench Score, or restrict to Nurse Licensure Compact members. 105 scored areas total.

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
North Dakota	ND	$414,060	$405,779	2.0%	89	✓	23	81
Louisiana	LA	$404,550	$392,414	3.0%	88	✓	23	78
Utah	UT	$437,170	$417,279	4.5%	99	✓	20	77
Tennessee	TN	$354,580	$354,580	0.0%	92	✓	23	75
Iowa	IA	$356,020	$342,491	3.8%	88	✓	21	75
Oklahoma	OK	$370,260	$353,598	4.5%	88	✓	21	75
Indiana	IN	$351,990	$341,254	3.0%	93	✓	23	74
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	TN	$358,070	$358,070	0.0%	—	✓	23	74
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	NC	$353,740	$338,706	4.3%	—	✓	24	73
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	KY	$374,080	$359,117	4.0%	—	✓	23	73
Nebraska	NE	$342,570	$326,127	4.8%	90	✓	20	73
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$343,140	$343,140	0.0%	—	✓	21	73
Georgia	GA	$354,000	$334,884	5.4%	96	✓	24	73
Vermont	VT	$418,760	$391,122	6.6%	98	✓	14	72
South Dakota	SD	$297,610	$297,610	0.0%	89	✓	22	72
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	IN	$346,920	$336,339	3.0%	—	✓	23	72
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	GA	$354,000	$334,884	5.4%	—	✓	24	72
Arizona	AZ	$369,720	$360,477	2.5%	101	✓	21	72
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	FL	$337,410	$337,410	0.0%	—	✓	24	72
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	AZ	$369,720	$360,477	2.5%	—	✓	21	72
Kentucky	KY	$317,110	$304,426	4.0%	90	✓	23	72
Maine	ME	$379,930	$357,894	5.8%	97	✓	19	72
Washington	WA	$343,140	$343,140	0.0%	107	✓	21	71
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	MD	$304,220	$289,009	5.0%	—	✓	24	70
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	PA	$320,040	$310,215	3.1%	—	✓	21	70

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Not published by BLS (10) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, District of Columbia.

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