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Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and Fresno, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other is $97,520 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. It is $209,100 per year in Fresno, CA. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 53.4% below Fresno, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1299 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 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and 70 in Fresno, CA. 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