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Pediatricians, General pay in Richmond, VA and Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pediatricians, General is $165,370 per year in Richmond, VA. It is $395,040 per year in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. Richmond, VA is 58.1% below Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1221 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 130 wage and salary jobs in Richmond, VA and 100 in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, 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