Obstetricians and Gynecologists salary

SOC 29-1218 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$292,910

per year, nationally

Middle half

$179,810–$369,390

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

21,260

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.2%

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.

$94,680$437,300

10th: $94,680
25th: $179,810
Median: $292,910
75th: $369,390
90th: $437,300

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 obstetricians and gynecologists 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	Utah	$437,170	98.9	200	0.82×
2	Alaska	$421,450	102.4	50	1.03×
3	Vermont	$418,760	98.0	90	2.13×
4	North Dakota	$414,060	89.0	70	1.15×
5	Louisiana	$404,550	88.2	80	0.29×
6	Oregon	$395,340	103.4	270	1.01×
7	Maine	$379,930	97.0	100	1.13×
8	Oklahoma	$370,260	87.8	60	0.24×
9	Arizona	$369,720	100.7	130	0.29×
10	Iowa	$356,020	87.8	180	0.85×
11	Tennessee	$354,580	91.9	360	0.80×
12	Georgia	$354,000	96.3	350	0.52×
13	Indiana	$351,990	93.3	430	0.99×
14	New York	$348,800	107.9	2,750	2.08×
15	New Hampshire	$348,140	104.2	140	1.50×
16	Washington	$343,140	107.0	270	0.56×
17	Nebraska	$342,570	90.1	180	1.29×
18	Hawaii	$338,130	110.0	140	1.59×
19	Delaware	$324,080	99.8	190	2.87×
20	Minnesota	$321,910	98.6	750	1.85×
21	Kentucky	$317,110	90.2	240	0.89×
22	Maryland	$306,310	105.0	160	0.43×
23	Wisconsin	$304,990	94.1	450	1.12×
24	South Carolina	$302,340	93.7	350	1.11×
25	California	$301,240	110.7	1,610	0.65×
26	West Virginia	$300,810	89.5	100	1.07×
27	South Dakota	$297,610	88.6	80	1.20×
28	Virginia	$282,410	101.1	—	—
29	Massachusetts	$272,240	105.8	620	1.26×
30	Texas	$271,960	97.1	1,460	0.76×
31	New Mexico	$259,990	92.2	110	0.93×
32	New Jersey	$228,870	108.8	740	1.27×
33	Idaho	$223,560	95.5	110	0.90×
34	Kansas	$220,770	90.1	—	—
35	Alabama	$210,380	88.8	120	0.43×
36	Michigan	$209,650	96.2	880	1.46×
37	Illinois	$208,000	100.0	1,290	1.55×
38	Connecticut	$200,580	103.6	330	1.41×
39	Ohio	$181,520	92.8	970	1.28×
40	Rhode Island	$166,390	102.3	140	2.05×
41	North Carolina	$134,540	94.3	590	0.87×

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 obstetricians and gynecologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for obstetricians and gynecologists

The 40 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	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$444,290	100.9	70	3.97×
2	Portland-South Portland, ME	$438,700	101.9	40	1.13×
3	Ogden, UT	$428,800	100.3	50	1.29×
4	Fargo, ND-MN	$414,060	90.9	40	1.85×
5	Rochester, MN	$393,340	90.8	100	6.13×
6	St. Cloud, MN	$390,420	87.6	—	—
7	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$375,400	106.4	280	1.20×
8	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$374,080	93.1	40	0.38×
9	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$369,720	103.3	—	—
10	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$369,390	91.7	40	0.77×
11	Duluth, MN-WI	$368,210	88.8	30	1.94×
12	Knoxville, TN	$365,260	92.6	30	0.56×
13	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$358,070	96.3	190	1.27×
14	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$354,000	100.1	270	0.67×
15	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$353,740	97.3	160	0.87×
16	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$348,580	109.4	90	2.42×
17	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$346,920	95.7	—	—
18	Roanoke, VA	$346,900	93.6	70	3.13×
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$343,140	111.1	150	0.54×
20	Omaha, NE-IA	$342,570	91.9	140	2.02×
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$338,950	106.9	90	1.55×
22	Urban Honolulu, HI	$338,130	111.0	130	2.06×
23	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$337,410	101.4	30	0.16×
24	Worcester, MA	$336,350	102.5	60	1.28×
25	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$331,550	100.0	30	0.60×
26	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$329,750	112.6	2,470	1.90×
27	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$321,260	103.1	770	1.39×
28	Syracuse, NY	$320,350	95.7	50	1.33×
29	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$320,040	102.6	250	0.64×
30	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$306,770	104.8	490	1.85×
31	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$304,220	104.5	90	0.49×
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$301,240	113.6	—	—
33	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$300,470	96.9	170	1.55×
34	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$298,050	103.2	30	0.98×
35	Columbia, SC	$296,020	93.7	—	—
36	Visalia, CA	$294,840	99.8	40	1.67×
37	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$293,400	111.9	100	0.47×
38	Fresno, CA	$287,490	102.2	—	—
39	Johnson City, TN	$284,630	87.9	30	2.90×
40	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$271,960	94.7	90	0.58×

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 obstetricians and gynecologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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