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Neurologists pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Memphis, TN-MS-AR
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Neurologists is $434,730 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $535,950 per year in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 18.9% below Memphis, TN-MS-AR on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1217 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 Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 30 in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. 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