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Podiatrists pay in Cleveland, OH and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Podiatrists is $112,020 per year in Cleveland, OH. It is $287,400 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Cleveland, OH is 61.0% below Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1081 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 110 wage and salary jobs in Cleveland, OH and 90 in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. 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