State comparison · 2025
General Internal Medicine Physicians salary: Alabama vs Rhode Island
General Internal Medicine Physicians in Rhode Island earn a median of $379,490. In Alabama, $311,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
Alabama vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $311,180
- p25
- $258,760
- p75
- $346,210
- p10
- $156,060
- p90
- $369,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Rhode Island
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $379,490
- p25
- $231,670
- p75
- $379,490
- p10
- $69,590
- p90
- $425,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +17%
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.