Podiatrists · SOC 29-1081

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Podiatristss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for podiatrists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 57 metro areas

Podiatrists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$287,400	90	0.0
2	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$254,570	Not published	Not published
3	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$239,990	150	0.1
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$235,390	60	0.0
5	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$232,970	90	0.0
6	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$229,020	30	0.1
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$228,380	110	0.1
8	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$227,140	110	0.1
9	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$222,530	Not published	Not published
10	New Haven, CT	$220,060	40	0.1
11	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$207,560	30	0.1
12	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$206,200	50	0.0
13	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$205,010	50	0.0
14	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$204,980	50	0.0
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$204,350	140	0.1
16	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$202,930	40	0.0
17	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$201,360	50	0.0
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$199,990	350	0.1
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$196,500	100	0.1
20	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$194,670	40	0.1
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$187,790	40	0.1
22	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$185,800	60	0.1
23	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$184,090	Not published	Not published
24	Syracuse, NY	$182,830	40	0.1
25	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$177,830	30	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Podiatrists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.