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Physicians, Pathologists pay in North Carolina and Pennsylvania
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Physicians, Pathologists is $248,940 per year in North Carolina. It is $413,370 per year in Pennsylvania. North Carolina is 39.8% below Pennsylvania on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1222 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 340 wage and salary jobs in North Carolina and 210 in Pennsylvania. 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