State comparison · 2025
Physicians, All Other salary: Iowa vs North Dakota
Physicians, All Other in North Dakota earn a median of $454,550. In Iowa, $295,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.1%
Iowa vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-34.2%
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%
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.