Cardiologists salary

SOC 29-1212 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$496,010

per year, nationally

Middle half

$274,280–$610,060

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

17,290

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.1%

600 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$107,190$712,130

10th: $107,190
25th: $274,280
Median: $496,010
75th: $610,060
90th: $712,130

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Internship/residency

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where cardiologists earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$656,330	107.0	200	0.51×
2	Missouri	$648,070	90.8	150	0.47×
3	Nebraska	$646,300	90.1	170	1.48×
4	Wisconsin	$636,580	94.1	200	0.60×
5	Tennessee	$610,080	91.9	560	1.55×
6	Georgia	$610,070	96.3	1,150	2.11×
7	Indiana	$588,890	93.3	140	0.39×
8	Pennsylvania	$579,120	97.6	640	0.95×
9	Kentucky	$558,180	90.2	—	—
10	Alabama	$519,480	88.8	130	0.54×
11	Illinois	$517,850	100.0	340	0.51×
12	Ohio	$504,260	92.8	760	1.24×
13	New York	$492,040	107.9	2,260	2.09×
14	Connecticut	$488,940	103.6	320	1.70×
15	Virginia	$461,450	101.1	810	1.77×
16	Michigan	$419,030	96.2	340	0.69×
17	Florida	$414,910	103.4	920	0.84×
18	Texas	$410,150	97.1	2,050	1.31×
19	Rhode Island	$395,610	102.3	60	1.15×
20	Maryland	$337,230	105.0	—	—
21	New Jersey	$286,540	108.8	—	—
22	Iowa	$283,070	87.8	100	0.56×
23	California	$185,610	110.7	630	0.31×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where cardiologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for cardiologists

The 34 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$662,760	111.1	130	0.57×
2	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$610,080	91.5	40	1.35×
3	Omaha, NE-IA	$598,480	91.9	110	1.99×
4	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$567,680	98.7	80	2.10×
5	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$558,180	92.9	140	4.37×
6	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$551,320	95.4	210	1.70×
7	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$528,750	97.3	150	0.99×
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$527,720	106.9	70	1.46×
9	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$515,710	100.9	70	0.42×
10	Jacksonville, FL	$514,740	99.5	90	1.05×
11	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$514,290	100.4	30	2.19×
12	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$511,400	95.7	60	0.45×
13	Lancaster, PA	$503,970	98.3	50	1.64×
14	New Haven, CT	$502,320	104.6	30	1.08×
15	Winchester, VA-WV	$500,020	96.5	40	4.79×
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$493,670	111.9	—	—
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$492,150	112.6	2,050	1.94×
18	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$475,590	103.6	150	0.31×
19	Syracuse, NY	$460,900	95.7	30	0.90×
20	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$451,790	95.8	130	2.24×
21	Richmond, VA	$450,480	97.9	120	1.62×
22	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$436,510	102.7	160	2.47×
23	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$430,900	97.9	230	2.66×
24	Rochester, NY	$415,000	97.0	90	1.67×
25	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$403,340	103.1	940	2.10×
26	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$395,610	101.8	100	1.21×
27	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$382,000	94.7	90	0.72×
28	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$341,080	98.1	90	0.61×
29	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$337,230	104.5	—	—
30	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$253,610	108.9	—	—
31	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$187,550	98.6	460	1.25×
32	Oklahoma City, OK	$161,160	90.4	60	0.85×
33	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$130,880	100.3	190	0.88×
34	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$119,690	115.6	—	—

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where cardiologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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