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Psychiatrists pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and Springfield, IL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Psychiatrists is $124,750 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is $413,890 per year in Springfield, IL. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 69.9% below Springfield, IL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1223 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and 40 in Springfield, IL. 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