State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: California vs Maine
Physicians, All Other in Maine earn a median of $419,410. In California, $281,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.1% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.9%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-41.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $281,590
- p25
- $98,870
- p75
- $340,730
- p10
- $80,590
- p90
- $431,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
Maine
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $419,410
- p25
- $312,930
- p75
- $442,790
- p10
- $211,500
- p90
- $442,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.