State comparison · 2025
Cardiologists salary: Iowa vs Nebraska
Cardiologists in Nebraska earn a median of $646,300. In Iowa, $283,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.1% — not 56.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-56.2%
Iowa vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
-55.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Cardiologists
- Median
- $283,070
- p25
- $72,170
- p75
- $455,180
- p10
- $63,530
- p90
- $643,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
Nebraska
Cardiologists
- Median
- $646,300
- p25
- $584,330
- p75
- $783,100
- p10
- $216,450
- p90
- $829,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.