SOC 29-1213 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Dermatologists make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dermatologists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $374,000. The 10th percentile is $99,990 and the 90th percentile is $488,860. Employment is 2,040.

Median annual wage

$374,000

10th percentile
$99,990
25th percentile
$149,990
Median
$374,000
75th percentile
$453,290
90th percentile
$488,860
Mean
$323,720

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A nurse attending an elderly patient in a hospital
A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Dermatologists, the published 10th percentile is $99,990 and the 90th percentile is $488,860. The difference is $388,870, which is 104.0% 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 $149,990 to the 75th at $453,290, covers $303,300.

The mean annual wage is $323,720, which sits below the median of $374,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 13.8% higher than the national median of $328,730 for Dermatologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $332,258, which is 1.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New York median of $374,010.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $374,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Dermatologists at $332,258 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Dermatologists. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 59 miles away, with a median of $405,000 and employment of 80. That median is 8.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $370,127, against $332,258 here.

Employment share

Dermatologists accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (2,040 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,370 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.94 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · Dermatologists 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 Dermatologists make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Dermatologists in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $374,000. The 10th percentile is $99,990 and the 90th percentile is $488,860. Employment is 2,040.

How does that compare with the national median for Dermatologists?

The local median is 13.8% higher than the national median of $328,730.

What is Dermatologists pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $374,000 is $332,258. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ compare with nearby metros for Dermatologists?

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 59 miles away, at $405,000. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.