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Psychiatrists · SOC 29-1223

Psychiatrists Salary in the Raleigh Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area

Figures describe the Raleigh-Cary, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Raleigh city limits.

Median annual wage$168,880
Median hourly wage$81.19

Psychiatrists in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area earned a median of $168,880 per year ($81.19 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $122,950 at the 10th percentile to $285,680 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Psychiatrists in the Raleigh metro area earn more than $168,880 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $135,020 and $202,460.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$122,950$135,020$168,880$202,460$285,680
Hourly$59.11$64.91$81.19$97.34$137.35

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

  • Raleigh metro areathis metro area
    $168,880
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $168,880
  • United Statesnational
    $281,870

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

The median here is about the same vs North Carolina overall and −40% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$65,270$181,477$297,683$413,890Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $65,270Tyler, TX — $66,550Ann Arbor, MI — $92,840Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $100,880Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $103,200Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $124,750Omaha, NE-IA — $132,200Lexington-Fayette, KY — $132,450Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $144,020Modesto, CA — $151,270Fayetteville, NC — $155,250Iowa City, IA — $161,550Asheville, NC — $164,520Raleigh-Cary, NC — $168,880Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $169,850Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $170,600Salinas, CA — $178,630San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $188,090Columbus, OH — $220,940Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $225,440Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $230,560San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $230,560Toledo, OH — $233,210Rochester, NY — $233,620Pittsburgh, PA — $235,240Albuquerque, NM — $236,320Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $236,340Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $237,770Chattanooga, TN-GA — $239,200Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $239,200Salem, OR — $239,200Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $240,930Worcester, MA — $244,190Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $244,960Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $246,990Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $247,450Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $249,070New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $249,130Columbia, SC — $251,060Utica-Rome, NY — $256,870Tucson, AZ — $257,650Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $258,750Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $260,000Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $260,330Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $261,710Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $263,030Cleveland, OH — $271,790Binghamton, NY — $273,380Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $276,960Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $277,010Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $279,410Ithaca, NY — $280,210Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $280,370Jefferson City, MO — $282,050Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $282,600Oklahoma City, OK — $285,900Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $286,770Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $287,610Colorado Springs, CO — $289,320Akron, OH — $289,420Urban Honolulu, HI — $289,990Richmond, VA — $290,900Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $294,890Roanoke, VA — $295,010Madison, WI — $296,230St. Louis, MO-IL — $298,160Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $299,670Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $299,990Portland-South Portland, ME — $300,180Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $301,790Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $307,290Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $307,710Springfield, MA — $311,290Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $314,450Fresno, CA — $315,470Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $315,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $318,110Tallahassee, FL — $318,460Jacksonville, FL — $319,610Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $320,250San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $322,750Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $328,600Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $329,530Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $331,500Stockton-Lodi, CA — $331,800Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $333,300San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $335,620Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $336,410Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $337,970Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $339,340Green Bay, WI — $339,680Rochester, MN — $341,540Anchorage, AK — $342,170San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $353,500Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $358,020Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $364,530Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $370,510New Haven, CT — $381,890Ocala, FL — $396,200Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $403,430Gainesville, FL — $404,240Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $409,950Springfield, IL — $413,890

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 Raleigh metro area has the 90th-highest published median for this occupation among the 103 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”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for psychiatrists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Raleigh metro areathis page
    $168,880
  • Durham metro area
    $170,600
  • Charlotte metro area
    $169,850
  • Asheville metro area
    $164,520
  • Fayetteville metro area
    $155,250

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

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$84,830Pharmacy Technicians$46,130Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$59,750Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$64,080Pharmacists$133,120Nurse Practitioners$128,150

Highest-paying metro areas for psychiatristss · Highest-paying occupations in Raleigh Metro

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.