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Therapists, All Other pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Therapists, All Other is $46,540 per year in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. It is $157,510 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 70.5% below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1129 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 740 wage and salary jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and Not published in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. 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