State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Arizona vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Arizona, $312,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.2% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Arizona vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-39.2%
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%
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.