State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Iowa vs Maine
Physicians, All Other in Maine earn a median of $419,410. In Iowa, $295,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.6%
Iowa vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $295,190
- p25
- $160,440
- p75
- $350,480
- p10
- $74,210
- p90
- $412,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -7%
Maine
Physicians, All Other
- Median
- $419,410
- p25
- $312,930
- p75
- $442,790
- p10
- $211,500
- p90
- $442,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.