Neurologists · SOC 29-1217

Neurologists Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$331,080
Median hourly wage$159.17

Neurologists in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $331,080 per year ($159.17 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $93,440 at the 10th percentile to $406,450 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Neurologists in the Seattle metro area earn more than $331,080 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $205,010 and $360,610.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$93,440$205,010$331,080$360,610$406,450
Hourly$44.92$98.56$159.17$173.37$195.41

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $331,080 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $205,010 to $360,610
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $327,140 median for Washington; middle half earns $187,840 to $360,610
  • $248,560 median for United States; middle half earns $155,990 to $357,990

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +1% vs Washington overall and +33% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$75,800$229,183$382,567$535,950Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $75,800Rochester, NY — $75,890Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $79,410Lexington-Fayette, KY — $84,760Jacksonville, FL — $100,580Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $101,210San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $104,320Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $131,220Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $136,030New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $155,990Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $161,560Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $178,920Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $234,970Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $239,200Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $239,200Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $239,200Portland-South Portland, ME — $239,200Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $239,200Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $277,960Omaha, NE-IA — $316,840Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $331,080Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $335,420Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $337,600Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $337,810Anchorage, AK — $354,760Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $356,250Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $360,640Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $365,500Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $376,490Cleveland, OH — $383,420Toledo, OH — $388,860Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $409,610Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $434,730Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $451,510Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $535,950

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Seattle metro area has the 15th-highest published median for this occupation among the 35 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.