State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Colorado vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Colorado, $298,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
-32%
Colorado vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-37.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $298,320
- p25
- $229,920
- p75
- $357,470
- p10
- $171,810
- p90
- $418,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -77%
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.