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Physicians, All Other pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Terre Haute, IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Physicians, All Other is $517,900 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $225,970 per year in Terre Haute, IN. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 129.2% above Terre Haute, IN 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 150 wage and salary jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 80 in Terre Haute, IN. 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
