State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Arkansas vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Arkansas, $136,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66% — not 68.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-68.8%
Arkansas vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-66%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $136,880
- p25
- $64,330
- p75
- $319,180
- p10
- $58,710
- p90
- $402,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.