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Neurologists pay in Memphis, TN-MS-AR and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Neurologists is $535,950 per year in Memphis, TN-MS-AR. It is $104,320 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 413.8% above San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Memphis, TN-MS-AR and Not published in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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