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Acupuncturists pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Acupuncturists is $107,880 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $89,990 per year in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 19.9% above Durham-Chapel Hill, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1291 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 90 in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings