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Exercise Physiologists pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA and Winston-Salem, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Exercise Physiologists is $84,300 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. It is $50,230 per year in Winston-Salem, NC. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 67.8% above Winston-Salem, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1128 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA and 40 in Winston-Salem, 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