State comparison · 2025
General Internal Medicine Physicians salary: Arkansas vs Rhode Island
General Internal Medicine Physicians in Rhode Island earn a median of $379,490. In Arkansas, $233,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.6%
Arkansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $233,130
- p25
- $69,350
- p75
- $308,140
- p10
- $59,180
- p90
- $316,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.