State comparison · 2025
General Internal Medicine Physicians salary: California vs Georgia
General Internal Medicine Physicians in Georgia earn a median of $425,460. In California, $313,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.2%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
-35.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $313,890
- p25
- $129,110
- p75
- $388,150
- p10
- $74,180
- p90
- $441,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
Georgia
General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Median
- $425,460
- p25
- $182,620
- p75
- $581,750
- p10
- $103,490
- p90
- $581,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +22%
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.