physician · SOC 29-1229

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National median $265,930 / yr · 342,720 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$265,930

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

ND

Score 87 · North Dakota

Top-paying metro

Burlington

$517,900 median

Top WageBench Score

87

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	$454,550	$445,459	2.0%	89	✓	87
#2	Montana	$438,850	$416,030	5.2%	95	✓	82
#3	Wisconsin	$391,740	$370,978	5.3%	94	✓	78
#4	Baton Rouge, LA	$413,620	$401,211	3.0%	—	✓	78
#5	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$411,200	$389,406	5.3%	—	✓	78
#6	Indiana	$366,190	$355,021	3.0%	93	✓	78
#7	Maine	$419,410	$395,084	5.8%	97	✓	78
#8	Louisiana	$350,920	$340,392	3.0%	88	✓	77
#9	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$388,960	$388,960	0.0%	—	✓	77
#10	Wyoming	$342,800	$342,800	0.0%	93	✓	77

National wage distribution

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

P10
$69,170
P25
$102,930
MEDIAN
$265,930
P75
$378,770
P90
$452,360

Hourly mean

$126

Hourly median

$128

Annual mean

$262,040

Total US jobs

342,720

Every state & metro, ranked

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
North Dakota	ND	$454,550	$445,459	2.0%	89	✓	23	87
Montana	MT	$438,850	$416,030	5.2%	95	✓	22	82
Wisconsin	WI	$391,740	$370,978	5.3%	94	✓	21	78
Baton Rouge, LA	LA	$413,620	$401,211	3.0%	—	✓	23	78
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	WI	$411,200	$389,406	5.3%	—	✓	21	78
Indiana	IN	$366,190	$355,021	3.0%	93	✓	23	78
Maine	ME	$419,410	$395,084	5.8%	97	✓	19	78
Louisiana	LA	$350,920	$340,392	3.0%	88	✓	23	77
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	TN	$388,960	$388,960	0.0%	—	✓	23	77
Wyoming	WY	$342,800	$342,800	0.0%	93	✓	23	77
Jacksonville, FL	FL	$349,990	$349,990	0.0%	—	✓	24	76
Raleigh-Cary, NC	NC	$354,130	$339,079	4.3%	—	✓	24	76
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	IN	$364,040	$352,937	3.0%	—	✓	23	76
Kentucky	KY	$327,390	$314,294	4.0%	90	✓	23	75
New Mexico	NM	$327,670	$311,614	4.9%	92	✓	24	75
Tennessee	TN	$301,290	$301,290	0.0%	92	✓	23	74
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$330,560	$330,560	0.0%	—	✓	21	74
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	OH	$315,630	$306,161	3.0%	—	✓	23	73
Tucson, AZ	AZ	$357,070	$348,143	2.5%	—	✓	21	73
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	NC	$327,040	$313,141	4.3%	—	✓	24	73
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	KY	$335,670	$322,243	4.0%	—	✓	23	73
New Hampshire	NH	$361,300	$361,300	0.0%	104	✓	20	73
Iowa	IA	$295,190	$283,973	3.8%	88	✓	21	73
Ohio	OH	$297,440	$288,517	3.0%	93	✓	23	73
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	TN	$295,640	$295,640	0.0%	—	✓	23	72

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Not published by BLS (1) — 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: South Dakota.

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