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General Internal Medicine Physicians pay in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI and Winston-Salem, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for General Internal Medicine Physicians is $485,900 per year in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI. It is $293,840 per year in Winston-Salem, NC. South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 65.4% above Winston-Salem, NC 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 140 wage and salary jobs in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI and 80 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