State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Alabama vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Alabama, $272,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.9% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Alabama vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-39.9%
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%
North Dakota
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $454,550
- p25
- $287,540
- p75
- $564,000
- p10
- $136,980
- p90
- $564,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.