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Family Medicine Physicians pay in Oklahoma City, OK and Peoria, IL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Family Medicine Physicians is $481,870 per year in Oklahoma City, OK. It is $241,910 per year in Peoria, IL. Oklahoma City, OK is 99.2% above Peoria, IL 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 940 wage and salary jobs in Oklahoma City, OK and 50 in Peoria, IL. 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