State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Alabama vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Alabama, $272,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.8% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Alabama vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-33.8%
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%
Montana
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $438,850
- p25
- $326,580
- p75
- $438,850
- p10
- $236,960
- p90
- $442,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.