Neurologists salary

SOC 29-1217 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$248,560

per year, nationally

Middle half

$155,990–$357,990

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

10,590

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+5.4%

300 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.

$83,370$450,780

10th: $83,370
25th: $155,990
Median: $248,560
75th: $357,990
90th: $450,780

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 neurologists 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	Vermont	$434,730	98.0	40	2.01×
2	Arizona	$409,610	100.7	80	0.35×
3	Minnesota	$381,670	98.6	310	1.56×
4	Texas	$360,640	97.1	660	0.69×
5	California	$357,080	110.7	1,090	0.88×
6	Colorado	$356,250	103.1	120	0.62×
7	Alaska	$354,760	102.4	100	4.46×
8	South Carolina	$352,680	93.7	40	0.28×
9	Wisconsin	$342,520	94.1	130	0.63×
10	Kentucky	$338,850	90.2	230	1.72×
11	District of Columbia	$332,000	109.9	50	0.94×
12	Washington	$327,140	107.0	180	0.76×
13	North Carolina	$325,550	94.3	180	0.52×
14	Florida	$322,750	103.4	520	0.77×
15	Connecticut	$320,680	103.6	120	1.02×
16	Arkansas	$317,880	86.9	70	0.76×
17	Maryland	$302,840	105.0	—	—
18	Nebraska	$269,270	90.1	80	1.22×
19	Illinois	$237,080	100.0	240	0.58×
20	Tennessee	$229,670	91.9	220	1.00×
21	New Jersey	$222,120	108.8	140	0.48×
22	Indiana	$220,210	93.3	360	1.63×
23	New York	$155,990	107.9	2,810	4.25×
24	West Virginia	$63,500	89.5	60	1.15×

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 neurologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for neurologists

The 30 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	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$535,950	92.2	30	0.79×
2	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$451,510	95.8	80	2.23×
3	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$434,730	100.9	—	—
4	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$409,610	103.3	70	0.44×
5	Toledo, OH	$388,860	91.5	60	2.80×
6	Cleveland, OH	$383,420	93.9	—	—
7	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$376,490	100.9	50	0.83×
8	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$365,500	95.7	—	—
9	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$360,640	103.1	300	1.10×
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$356,250	105.8	60	0.55×
11	Anchorage, AK	$354,760	105.4	—	—
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$337,810	105.4	70	0.82×
13	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$337,600	97.3	90	1.00×
14	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$335,420	104.8	120	0.93×
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$331,080	111.1	130	0.90×
16	Omaha, NE-IA	$316,840	91.9	70	2.02×
17	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$277,960	98.6	120	0.55×
18	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$234,970	104.5	30	0.35×
19	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$178,920	102.7	90	2.09×
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$161,560	108.9	190	0.90×
21	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$155,990	112.6	—	—
22	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$136,030	103.6	170	0.56×
23	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$131,220	114.2	—	—
24	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$104,320	115.6	—	—
25	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$101,210	95.4	180	2.38×
26	Jacksonville, FL	$100,580	99.5	40	0.77×
27	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$84,760	92.9	70	3.40×
28	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$79,410	106.4	40	0.31×
29	Rochester, NY	$75,890	97.0	—	—
30	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$75,800	99.6	40	1.32×

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 neurologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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