State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Arizona vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Arizona, $312,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.1% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.8%
Arizona vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-33.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $312,490
- p25
- $172,540
- p75
- $432,340
- p10
- $75,610
- p90
- $518,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.