State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Illinois vs Montana
Physicians, All Other in Montana earn a median of $438,850. In Illinois, $132,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 71.4% — not 69.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-69.8%
Illinois vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
-71.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $132,540
- p25
- $81,360
- p75
- $372,880
- p10
- $71,830
- p90
- $452,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.