5 highest-paying cities for psychiatrists

Although the mean annual salary for psychiatrists in the U.S. is $247,350, providers in the five highest-paying urban areas earn upward of $321,060, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

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Here are the five highest-paying metropolitan areas for psychiatrists:

 

Metropolitan area

 Average annual salary 

 1. 

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif.

$353,530

  2.  

Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

$348,410

 3. 

 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. 

$322,780

 4. 

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Mich.

$321,340

 5. 

Salinas, Calif.

$321,060

*Editor’s note: Compensation data was not available for 18 out of 117 metropolitan areas. 

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