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Family Medicine Physicians pay in Ames, IA and Oklahoma City, OK
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Family Medicine Physicians is $248,000 per year in Ames, IA. It is $481,870 per year in Oklahoma City, OK. Ames, IA is 48.5% below Oklahoma City, OK on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1215 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Ames, IA and 940 in Oklahoma City, OK. 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