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Psychiatrists pay in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA and Springfield, IL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Psychiatrists is $333,300 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. It is $413,890 per year in Springfield, IL. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 19.5% 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 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