SOC 29-1212 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Cardiologists make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cardiologists in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $662,760. The 10th percentile is $98,610 and the 90th percentile is $758,950. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$662,760

10th percentile
$98,610
25th percentile
$438,930
Median
$662,760
75th percentile
$741,360
90th percentile
$758,950
Mean
$565,440

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Cardiologists, the published 10th percentile is $98,610 and the 90th percentile is $758,950. The difference is $660,340, which is 99.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $438,930 to the 75th at $741,360, covers $302,430.

The mean annual wage is $565,440, which sits below the median of $662,760. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 33.6% higher than the national median of $496,010 for Cardiologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $596,367, which is 20.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1% higher than the Washington median of $656,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $662,760 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cardiologists at $596,367 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Cardiologists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Cardiologists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (130 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (17,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Cardiologists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Cardiologists make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Cardiologists in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $662,760. The 10th percentile is $98,610 and the 90th percentile is $758,950. Employment is 130.

How does that compare with the national median for Cardiologists?

The local median is 33.6% higher than the national median of $496,010.

What is Cardiologists pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $662,760 is $596,367. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.