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Physicians, All Other pay in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Burlington-South Burlington, VT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Physicians, All Other is $314,460 per year in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. It is $517,900 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 39.3% below Burlington-South Burlington, VT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1229 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 660 wage and salary jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and 150 in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. 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