State comparison · 2025
General Internal Medicine Physicians salary: California vs Rhode Island
General Internal Medicine Physicians in Rhode Island earn a median of $379,490. In California, $313,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
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%
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.