State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: District of Columbia vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In District of Columbia, $77,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 86.2% — not 83%.
Nominal pay gap
-83%
District of Columbia vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-86.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $77,430
- p25
- $77,430
- p75
- $253,380
- p10
- $70,530
- p90
- $338,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.