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Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other salary in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

SOC 29-1299 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$166,230
per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Middle half
$142,480–$185,890
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
5,970
in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Concentration
10.35×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
$166,230
published median
United States
$115,210
44.3% above the national median
Rank among metro areas
2nd
81 with a published estimate

State-level comparison: District of Columbia ($151,990), Maryland ($164,670) and Virginia ($87,530). Metro estimates cover the whole labor market, including portions that cross state lines.

After local prices: the $166,230 median has purchasing power comparable to about $152,667 nationally. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV's BEA regional price parity is 108.9 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

$111,530$195,190

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Master's degree
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
None

Compare other metro areas

Every linked area below has a published estimate for healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

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

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$128,610104.55402.18×
2Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$113,92097.91300.93×
3Richmond, VA$97,82097.9700.60×
4Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$97,760102.63500.66×
5Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$95,87094.2401.81×

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 healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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