State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Alabama vs Maine
Physicians, All Other in Maine earn a median of $419,410. In Alabama, $272,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
-35%
Alabama vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-28.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $272,610
- p25
- $139,280
- p75
- $357,010
- p10
- $98,690
- p90
- $424,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
Maine
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $419,410
- p25
- $312,930
- p75
- $442,790
- p10
- $211,500
- p90
- $442,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.