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General Internal Medicine Physicians

Binghamton, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 100.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 29-1216
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$129,660 · 50th
$62,98010th
$74,31025th
$129,66050th
$293,41075th
$499,93090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Binghamton earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$129,660 in Binghamton buys what $139,600 buys across the country as a whole.

Binghamton's regional price parity is 92.9 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in New York

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Binghamton
Ithaca$370,320$358,400103.3+156.7%
Syracuse$269,270$281,20095.7+101.4%
Kiryas Joel$195,960$179,100109.4+28.3%
Buffalo$186,600$194,70095.8+39.4%
Glens Falls$140,720$148,30094.9+6.2%
Albany$136,610$137,20099.6−1.7%
Binghamton This page$129,660$139,60092.9
New York$105,960$94,100112.6−32.6%

Price parity and difference against Binghamton are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay fell 23.6% over the four years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it fell 35.7% — prices rose faster than pay since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
100 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 29-1216, General Internal Medicine Physicians. Mapped to our taxonomy as general-internal-medicine-physicians.

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