State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Alaska, $355,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.1% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.9%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-32.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $355,100
- p25
- $239,720
- p75
- $426,050
- p10
- $203,020
- p90
- $524,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.