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Podiatrists pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Podiatrists is $287,400 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. It is $165,280 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 73.9% above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and 150 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 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.