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Obstetricians and Gynecologists pay in Alabama and Alaska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Obstetricians and Gynecologists is $210,380 per year in Alabama. It is $421,450 per year in Alaska. Alabama is 50.1% below Alaska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1218 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 50 in Alaska. 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