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Pediatric Surgeons pay in New York and Ohio
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pediatric Surgeons is $378,110 per year in New York. It is $488,160 per year in Ohio. New York is 22.5% below Ohio on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1243 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 90 wage and salary jobs in New York and Not published in Ohio. 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
