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General Internal Medicine Physicians pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for General Internal Medicine Physicians is $351,670 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $485,900 per year in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 27.6% below South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1216 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 140 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. 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.