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Obstetricians and Gynecologists pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Portland-South Portland, ME
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Obstetricians and Gynecologists is $444,290 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $438,700 per year in Portland-South Portland, ME. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 1.3% above Portland-South Portland, ME 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 40 in Portland-South Portland, ME. 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