State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Colorado vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Colorado, $298,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.3% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.4%
Colorado vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-43.3%
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%
North Dakota
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $454,550
- p25
- $287,540
- p75
- $564,000
- p10
- $136,980
- p90
- $564,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.